{"id":406472,"date":"2024-05-13T07:46:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T02:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=406472"},"modified":"2024-05-13T07:46:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T02:46:21","slug":"un-chief-calls-for-immediate-gaza-ceasefire-hostage-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/un-chief-calls-for-immediate-gaza-ceasefire-hostage-release\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief calls for \u2018immediate\u2019 Gaza ceasefire, hostage release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> KUWAIT CITY<br \/>\nUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged an immediate halt to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the return of hostages and a \u201csurge\u201d in humanitarian aid to the besieged Palestinian territory.<br \/>\n\u201cI repeat my call, the world\u2019s call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and an immediate surge in humanitarian aid,\u201d Guterres said in a video address to an international donors\u2019 conference in Kuwait.<br \/>\n\u201cBut a ceasefire will only be the start. It will be a long road back from the devastation and trauma of this war\u201d, he added.<br \/>\nIsraeli strikes on Gaza continued on Sunday after it expanded an evacuation order for Rafah despite international outcry over its military incursion into eastern areas of the city, effectively shutting a key aid crossing.<br \/>\n\u201cThe war in Gaza is causing horrific human suffering, devastating lives, tearing families apart and rendering huge numbers of people homeless, hungry and traumatised,\u201d Guterres said.<br \/>\nHis remarks were played at the opening of the conference in Kuwait organised by the International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) and the UN\u2019s humanitarian coordination organisation OCHA.<br \/>\nOn Friday, in Nairobi, the UN head warned Gaza faced an \u201cepic humanitarian disaster\u201d if Israel launched a full-scale ground operation in Rafah.<br \/>\nVowing to destroy Hamas, Israel launched a retaliatory offensive that has killed more than 34,971 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