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UN Security Council hears urgent briefing calling for immediate Gaza ceasefire, hostage releases and humanitarian access
Summary
A Security Council briefing warned of worsening conditions in Gaza, detailed casualties and hostage counts, raised alarm about the Palestinian Authority fiscal crisis and UNRWA’s funding shortfall, and reiterated calls for a political path toward a two-state solution.
Khaluf Khairi, briefing the United Nations Security Council, urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the unconditional release of hostages and unimpeded humanitarian access as talks on a potential ceasefire continued.
"It is long past time for the fighting to end, for hostages to return home, for adequate humanitarian aid to enter the strip, and for recovery and reconstruction to begin in the context of a return to a political path towards a two-state solution," Khaluf Khairi said.
Khairi told the council that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was deteriorating and provided casualty and operational figures cited to official sources. He said at least 1,891 Palestinians had been killed in Gaza since his last briefing on June 30, citing the Ministry of Health in Gaza, and that 294 people were reported killed while attempting to collect aid. He said Israeli sources reported about 50 hostages remain in Gaza, including one woman, and that 28 of those are believed to be dead. Since June 30 he said 13 Israel Defense Forces soldiers had been killed in Gaza operations.
Khairi described a recent strike that hit the Catholic Church of the…
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