Guterres condemns Gaza destruction in final UN General Assembly address
UN Secretary-General António Guterres equates Hamas attacks with the scale of death in Gaza in his parting remarks to the General Assembly.
What to know
- Guterres, in his final General Assembly address, equated Hamas's October 7 attacks with Gaza's scale of destruction—framing both as defining horrors of the conflict.
- He characterized the death toll and destruction in Gaza as the highest level witnessed during his nine-year tenure as secretary-general.
- The statement reflects ongoing international debate over moral equivalence and proportionality in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
António Guterres UN Secretary-General
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Guterres condemns Hamas attacks and Gaza destruction
UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered his final UN General Assembly address, condemning both the October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent killing and destruction in Gaza, which he characterized as the highest level of death and destruction witnessed during his mandate.
“We condemned the barbaric attacks of Hamas on the 7th of October, and we condemn what has been the highest level of death and destruction that we have witnessed in my mandate happening in Gaza.”
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UN Secretary-General Guterres: We condemned the barbaric attacks of Hamas on the 7th of October, and we condemn what has been the highest level of death and destruction that we have witnessed in my mandate happening in Gaza.
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🇺🇳 UN Secretary-General António Guterres put the two defining horrors of the Gaza war side by side. “We condemned the barbaric attacks of Hamas on the 7th of October, and we condemn what has been the highest level of death and destruction that we have witnessed in my mandate
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