UN and WHO call for Israel to reverse decision to stop aid; new text put forward by non-permanent members of security council
The UN secretary-general António Guterres has said he sees a growing international consensus that the international community has to tell Israel that a ceasefire is needed.
Speaking at a press conference in Jordan, Al Jazeera quotes the UN chief saying it was “absolutely fundamental to preserve the life of the people in Gaza” and that the UN had been “insisting on the need for a ceasefire.”
We see a growing consensus emerging in the international community to tell the Israelis that the ceasefire is needed and I also see a growing consensus, I heard in the US, I heard from the European Union, not to mention of course the Muslim world, to tell clearly to Israelis that any ground invasion of Rafah could mean a humanitarian disaster.
