The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has warned that the Gaza Strip is becoming “a graveyard for children” as he called again for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow aid into the embattled territory.
The UN chief’s comments came on Monday after Gaza health authorities said the death toll had now exceeded 10,000 people and the heads of all the major UN humanitarian organisations made an unprecedented joint statement calling for a ceasefire.
“We must act now to find a way out of this brutal, awful, agonising dead end of destruction,” Guterres told reporters at the UN. “Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. Hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day.”