U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denies accusations that he justified Hamas terror attacks on Israel, saying his comments were misrepresented.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says his statements regarding the Israel-Hamas war were misrepresented on Wednesday, denying that he justified terror attacks against Israel. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations called for Guterres' resignation on Tuesday after the official stated that the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel by Hamas 'did not happen in a vacuum.
Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan, who had described Guterres’ remarks as 'shocking' before calling for his resignation, once again condemned his response and doubled down on his call for him to resign on Wednesday. 'It is a disgrace to the UN that the Secretary-General does not retract his words and is not even able to apologize for what he said yesterday. He must resign,' Erdan said in a Wednesday statement. 'The Secretary-General, once again, distorts and twists reality.
Guterres did not quote from the section of his statement Israel objected to during his explanation on Wednesday, in which he said, 'It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum.' 'The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation. They have seen their land steadily devoured by settlements and plagued by violence; their economy stifled; their people displaced and their homes demolished.
Over the 19 days of war since Oct. 7, the Hamas-run Health Ministry claims at least 5,791 Palestinians have been killed and 16,297 wounded. More than 1,400 Israelis were killed in the Oct. 7 surprise attack by Hamas, in which 222 Israelis and foreigners were taken captive into Gaza. Four people have been released so far.
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