Guterres addressed the diplomatic dust-up on the Safety Council, saying “as ought to have been apparent yesterday within the context of the condemnation I expressed, I once more strongly condemn yesterday’s large missile assault by Iran on Israel”.
The UN chief additionally reiterated his name for a ceasefire.
“Since final October, Israel has carried out in Gaza essentially the most lethal and damaging army marketing campaign in my years as secretary-general,” he mentioned.
“Concurrently armed Palestinian teams have additionally used violence. Hamas has continued to launch rockets,” he mentioned, including Iran’s missile assault did “nothing to assist the reason for the Palestinian individuals or scale back their struggling.”
