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UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres known as Monday for “silencing the guns” in Gaza in honor of the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Guterres informed reporters that Ramadan celebrates “peace, reconciliation and solidarity. Yet even though Ramadan has begun – the killing, bombing and bloodshed continue in Gaza.”He urged the discharge of hostages and elimination of all obstacles to “ensure the delivery of lifesaving aid at the speed and massive scale required.”The United Nations says that lack of humanitarian help means famine is a rising danger in Gaza, the place 2.4 million individuals are below near-total siege by the Israeli navy, because it battles Hamas militants.The conflict, began by a bloody October 7 Hamas assault on Israel, has resulted within the deaths of 31,112 Palestinians, largely ladies and youngsters, in accordance with the well being ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza.US President Joe Biden known as for a brief ceasefire forward of Ramadan however his name went unanswered as Muslims in Gaza marked the beginning of the one-month vacation Monday. Guterres stated, “The eyes of history are watching.””We cannot look away. We must act to avoid more preventable deaths,” Guterres stated. “We have witnessed month after month of civilian killing and destruction at a level that is unprecedented in all my years as Secretary-General,” he stated.However help “is coming in trickles – if it comes at all. International humanitarian law lies in tatters.”

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