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Gaza transformed into ‘killing field,’ says UN chief

A woman looks on from inside her tent at the Jabalia camp for displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025. 
 Israel resumed major strikes on the Gaza Strip on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
A woman looks on from inside her tent at the Jabalia camp for displaced Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on April 8, 2025. Israel resumed major strikes on the Gaza Strip on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that Gaza had become a "killing field", blaming Israel for blocking aid and failing in its "unequivocal obligations" to meet the needs of its residents.


"More than an entire month has passed without a drop of aid into Gaza. No food. No fuel. No medicine. No commercial supplies. As aid has dried up, the floodgates of horror have re-opened," Guterres said in remarks to press.


Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron who is on a visit to Egypt on Tuesday urged the immediate resumption of aid to Gaza and condemned an Israeli attack on aid workers.


"The situation today is intolerable," Macron said in the city of El Arish near the border with Gaza, calling for "the resumption of humanitarian aid as quickly as possible" to the territory. He also "strongly condemned" an Israeli attack on paramedics and aid workers last month.


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