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China tells Israel ‘humanitarian disasters’ in Gaza must end
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone call with his Israeli counterpart.
“Humanitarian disasters in Gaza should not continue and … countering violence with violence cannot truly address the legitimate concerns of all parties,” Wang told Israel Katz, the official Xinhua news agency said.
“The Chinese side believes that renewed conflict and turmoil in the region serves the interests of no one,” Wang added.
Beijing also “hopes that all parties will act cautiously to avoid falling into a vicious circle amid tension between Israel and Iran”. He called for “immediate, complete and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages”.
Ceasefire ‘only way to break the cycle of violence, hatred, misery’: UN refugee chief
A ceasefire “is the only way to break the cycle of violence, of hatred, of misery” in the Middle East, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
He stressed the urgent need for cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Gaza to avert a broader regional conflict with ramifications for the whole world.
“A ceasefire that is sustained by a meaningful peace process … is the only way to break the cycle of violence, of hatred, of misery,” said Grandi while speaking at the start of the UNHCR refugee agency’s annual executive committee meeting in Geneva.
Only a ceasefire could “stem the tide to a major regional war with global implications”, he warned, slamming “the terrible lie that the path to peace is found through war”.
“You will have seen the images and heard the numbers; hundreds of thousands of displaced inside Lebanon, seeking reprieve from Israeli air strikes,” Grandi said. “Once again, the distinction made between civilians and combatants has almost become meaningless.”
May Israel’s war on Gaza ‘be the last genocide in human history’
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory, has reposted a video on X of a pro-Palestine protest outside the New York Stock Exchange, which was also attended by members of Jewish Voice for Peace.
In the post, she wrote: “Each civic action is humanity in action. May the Gaza one be the last genocide in human history. May We the People have the strength to stop it”.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City in the United States on October 14
