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Israel sharply responded to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council on Tuesday.
“Protecting civilians does not mean ordering more than 1 million to evacuate to the south, where there is no shelter, no food, no water, no medicine and no fuel, and then continue to bomb the south itself,” Guterres said, referring to Israeli evacuation orders in northern Gaza.
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen shot back at Guterres’ address: “Mr. Secretary-General, in what world do you live?”
“Definitely this is not our world,” he added.
Cohen gave details about Hamas’ terror attacks on Israel on October 7, which killed more than 1,400 people. More than 200 people are still held hostage in Gaza by Hamas, with Cohen showing a collage of those kidnapped by the group.
“We Israel, we don’t only have the right to defend ourselves, we have the duty to do so,” Cohen said.
Earlier in the Security Council session, the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister also levied criticism on Israel.
“It is our collective human duty to stop them,” Riyad al-Maliki said, referring to Israeli’s military actions and “illegal occupation.” “Continued failure at this council is inexcusable.”
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