During his participation in the Doha Forum on Sunday, December 10, the United Nations Secretary-General reiterated that he would “not give up” his attempt to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, despite the failure of the Security Council, whose credibility “is determined by “the inability” to agree on a solution to this issue is undermined. Hours earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that his country's military campaign against Hamas would continue despite world leaders' insistence on ending the conflict. Clashes in the southern Gaza Strip are intensifying.
First change: December 10, 2023 – 2:28 p.m. Last change: December 10, 2023 – 2:30 p.m
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The essential:
- This Sunday, Israeli tanks entered the center of Khan Yunis, the capital in the southwest of the enclave; and clashes in southern Gaza continue to intensify despite airstrikes that have killed at least 10 people so far.
- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh supported imposing sanctions against Israel and did not rule out his party taking control of the Gaza Strip “before the end of the year.”
- Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warned of the risks of “radicalization” posed by Israeli aggression in Gaza.
- On October 7, Hamas violently invaded Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 240. According to the Palestinian enclave's health ministry, the war launched by Israel to destroy the Islamist group in Gaza left more than 17,700 dead.
This is the latest in the conflict
7:25 (BOG) The health situation in Gaza is “catastrophic”: WHO
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned of the impact of Israel's war on public health in the Palestinian enclave, which has already been worsened by years of intermittent conflict in the Gaza Strip.
“The impact on health has been catastrophic (…) In summary, health needs have increased dramatically and the capacity of the health system has been reduced to a third of what it was,” the WHO chief said at a meeting with the organizing council.
In addition, he warned of the UN-dependent organization's inability to provide Gaza's hospitals with basic medical supplies to operate and pointed to the UN Security Council's inability to move toward a call for a ceasefire in the region some. after the United States vetoed the relevant resolution and the United Kingdom abstained.
Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on November 10, 2023. © AFP –
7:00 (BOG) “I will not give up”: António Guterres on a ceasefire in Gaza
The United Nations Secretary-General deplored the organization's Security Council's refusal to approve a ceasefire resolution in the Palestinian enclave on December 8, after the United States became the only country to vote against the measure. Guterres mentioned in his opening speech at the Doha Forum in Qatar:
I called on the Security Council to apply pressure to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and reiterated my call for a humanitarian ceasefire.
Despite the ineffectiveness of the UN executive body, which Guterres attributes to internal divisions, the Portuguese assures that he will continue to build a call for peace within his organization.