UN head said Gaza is “becoming a graveyard for children” during the conflict between Israel and Hamas

According to CNN, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that Gaza was “becoming a graveyard for children”.

Reporters in New York were informed by Guterres that the situation in Gaza was more than just a humanitarian one. This is a human catastrophe.” He went on to say that a ceasefire is “more urgent with every passing hour.”

“The parties to the conflict–and, indeed, the international community–face an immediate and fundamental responsibility: to stop this inhuman collective suffering and dramatically expand humanitarian aid to Gaza,” he said.

Since the Israel-Hamas conflict started a month ago, 89 employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have lost their lives, according to the UN head.

He posted on X on Monday night, saying that more UN relief workers “have been killed in recent weeks than in any comparable period in the history of our organization.”

“I join in the mourning of 89 of our @UNRWA colleagues who have been killed in Gaza–many of them with members of their family,” he said to CNN.

At least 26 people have been hurt, according to a UNRWA statement on Tuesday.

“We are really heartbroken. Our coworkers will be deeply missed, but they will live on in our memories. We grieve along with the families and with each other,” the agency said on X.

Four weeks have passed since Israel launched war on Hamas in response to the terrorist group’s October 7 onslaught, which claimed 1,400 lives in Israel and resulted in the kidnapping of around 240 more. The UN Secretary-General made these remarks.

Israel threatened to destroy the terrorist organization and responded by attacking Gaza from the air and on the ground.

CNN reported on Tuesday that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel would have “complete freedom of action to respond to any situation in the Gaza Strip” after the current conflict concludes.

Gallant emphasized that “at the end of this ‘campaign,’ Hamas, as a military organization or governing body in Gaza, will cease to exist” during his speech to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, CNN said, citing the Ynet news website.

Gallant was heard stating on the Ynet tape, “There will be no security threat to Israel from Gaza, and Israel will retain complete freedom of action to respond to any situation in the Gaza Strip that poses any kind of threat.”

These words are consistent with previous statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said that Israel would be responsible for maintaining general security in Gaza after the war for an indeterminate amount of time. But in the event that Hamas is destroyed, the Israeli government has not offered any clear plans for running Gaza.

Concerns have been raised over Israel’s preparations to handle the post-war scenario in Gaza, leaving it unknown. As of November 6, officials on both sides reported that the most recent violence has resulted in at least 10,022 dead in Gaza and over 1,400 deaths in Israel.

Following its victory over Hamas, Israel will have “security responsibility” over the Gaza Strip indefinitely, according to Netanyahu, who made this announcement in an interview that aired Monday night, according to The Times of Israel.

Netanyahu told ABC News, “I think Israel will have security responsibility for an indefinite period of time.” “We have witnessed the unimaginably large-scale eruption of Hamas terror when we are relieved of that security responsibility.”