The UN chief noted that a wave of shocking violence and bloodshed has erupted since Oct. 7
\n New York
\nUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued an appeal Saturday for peace ahead of the one-year mark of the war in Gaza next week.
\n\u201cThe 7th of October is naturally a day to focus on the events of that awful day. I express my solidarity with all the victims and their loved ones,\u201d Guterres said in a video message.
\nHe said the attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, on that day \u201cscarred souls\u201d and he remembers all those who were killed and suffered \u201cunspeakable violence.\u201d
\n\u201cThis is a day for the global community to repeat in the loudest voice our utter condemnation of the abhorrent acts of Hamas, including the taking of hostages,\u201d he said.
\nThe UN chief noted that a wave of shocking violence and bloodshed has erupted since Oct. 7.
\n\u201cThe war that has followed the terrible attacks of one year ago continues to shatter lives and inflict profound human suffering for Palestinians in Gaza, and now the people of Lebanon,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is time for the release of the hostages. Time to silence the guns. Time to stop the suffering that has engulfed the region. Time for peace, international law and justice.\u201d
\nHe also called for a lasting solution to the conflict to allow Israel, Palestine and all other countries in the region to live in peace and dignity and with respect for one another.
\nFlouting a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire, Israel has continued a relentless offensive on Gaza following an attack by Hamas last October.
\nMore than 41,800 victims have been killed, most of them women and children, in the year since, and nearly 97,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.
\nThe Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.
\nIsrael also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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