UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that the bombarded Gaza Strip was becoming a \u201cgraveyard for children,\u201d as he urged an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. \u201cThe unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every passing hour,\u201d he told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York. \u201cThe parties to the conflict \u2014 and, indeed, the international community \u2014 face an immediate and fundamental responsibility: to stop this inhuman collective suffering and dramatically expand humanitarian aid to Gaza,\u201d he said. \u201cThe nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity.\u201d Israel\u2019s strikes have killed 10,222 people, including more than 4,000 children, in the densely populated and besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Guterres also deplored the killings of media workers. According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 36 journalists and media workers have been killed. \u201cMore journalists have reportedly been killed over a four-week period than in any conflict in at least three decades,\u201d Guterres said, adding that 89 UN aid workers have also been killed. Guterres was formally launching a recently announced $1.2 billion UN humanitarian appeal to help 2.7 million Palestinians over the entire Gaza Strip and parts of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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