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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday that there was a “fundamental wrong” in Israeli management of its military operation in the Gaza Strip. He added that there are “strong reasons” to believe war crimes have been committed there.
In an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York, Guterres said: “I think there was something fundamentally wrong in the way this operation was conducted with total neglect in relation to the deaths of civilians and to the destruction of Gaza,”
He also stressed that ending the Russian-Ukrainian war should abide by international law and the territorial integrity of states,” adding: “I believe we are still far from a solution.”
Regarding recent US strikes on ships near Venezuela, Guterres said they were not compatible with international law.
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