‘The Middle East is a powder keg with many parties holding the match’, UN chief warns

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, addressed the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon in a live speech, highlighting the ongoing humanitarian, political, diplomatic, and moral crises. He emphasised the immense human suffering in Gaza, where over 41,000 people have reportedly been killed, mostly women and children, with thousands still missing. The entire population of Gaza has been displaced, with journalists and humanitarian workers facing unprecedented dangers, many of whom have lost their lives. Guterres warned against Israeli draft legislation that could end UNRWA’s essential work, noting its catastrophic consequences. He condemned violations of international humanitarian law, stressing that civilians must be protected, and called for an immediate ceasefire and a two-state solution.

Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary joins us live from Deir el-Balah in Gaza to discuss the latest updates.

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[nd_ludd]

U.N; just words. A problem they helped start and have continued to support by taking zero action. Sick of the BS from this colonial politics.
God be with you dear Palestinian people, I just hope you will forgive me for the lack of action to end this absolute injustice suffered over many generations.
God help me to deal with the guilt and shame of doing not enough to help the people of Palestine.

[Flourish-odcx]

You can clearly see the hypocrisy in his words. Why not condemned those who started the fight so that peace will reign? UN today is a total disgrace to humanity😢

[sakhileshandu]

Sounds exactly the same as the speech he gave last week...wait last month...6 months ago...what are they DOING about it....

[Aaron-hurm]

Says the man being considered as Nasrallah's final replacment 🤣

[mauricerajczyk]

Where was Guterres when Hezbollah shot 8000 rockets towards Israel for an entire year? Where was UNIFIL? Where was the UN to enforce resolution 1701 that mandates that Hezbollah must stay beyond the litany river and not attack Israel?

But now, when Israel starts to defend itself, this is suddenly unacceptable.

[JohnFelinn]

Imagine a world without isnotreal. This Western forward base in Middle East has caused so much sorrow and suffering.

[MarieGerryAnnBabatid]

God bless 🙏 United Nations 🇺🇳🌐💃🇵🇭💙🇺🇳🕺🩺📚💊💉🏥🏦💵💎💍⚖️ UN 🇺🇳 W.H.O.Peace keeping Mission Climate Change Act Now! 💙

[MyIRRITABLEcausE]

Let’s not be fooled. We know America holds that match. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[alerts]

Why arabs like war from middle east to north Africa poor people 😢

[astrega]

Thank God for him, he speaks the truth with no fear and no agendas

[JohnFelinn]

💕Did you know that Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank have been under occupation for 55+ years 😵, according to the international law and UN resolutions (1967-2024). I was surprised too! I've come to believe that justice needs power to enforce it. ⚖❤

[JUST_CAUSE_ITS_FUNNY]

Can you address the facts that Hamas and hezbolla build military complex’s under civilian housing

[nandhakumarr]

UN secretary is a gem of the person. May God bless him

[ricosubekti]

provide special limits and conditions for veto rights, you are the leader, decide quickly!!

[noecadavona]

Calling for ceasefire with the return of the remaining October 7 hostages is not acceptable 😂

[FirstyPaul]

If he had pushed for the Implementation of resolution 1701 there would not have any conflict between Hezbollah and Israel .

[CharlieHarper-dx]

Hamas/Iran has started this escalation.

[ikramrasid]

Strange. The UN wants peace, but they never send any peacekeeping troops to Gaza or Lebanon. Why do we need UN then?

[shahinsilvia]

Why you are complaining about HAMAZ didn’t Israel send military aid missile

[dumo]

The World needs more people like Antonio Guterres and less of those like Netanyahu.