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UN chief urges Israel to halt escalation, engage in ceasefire talks
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over Israel’s military attack on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, urging the occupying regime to stop further escalation and engage in the ongoing ceasefire talks.
Guterres made the remarks in a press conference on Tuesday, after the Israeli military shut down the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings with Egypt.
“I am disturbed and distressed by the renewed military activity in Rafah. The closure of both the Rafah and Karem Shalom crossings is especially damaging to an already dire humanitarian situation. They must be re-opened immediately.”
The UN chief further warned Israel that an assault on the southern city of Rafah would “be a strategic mistake, a political calamity, and a humanitarian nightmare.”
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