United Nations leader earlier alleged clear violations of international law in Israel’s assault of Gaza.
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres said the Hamas attacks did not occur ‘in a vacuum’.
“Mr Secretary-General, in what world do you live?” Cohen told Guterres at a Security Council session on the crisis.The United Nations leader earlier had alleged “clear violations” of international law as Israel pounds Gaza in response to the Oct 7 assault by Hamas and called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
“How you can agree to a ceasefire with someone who swore to kill and destroy your own existence?” Cohen said in English. Israel shortly afterward imposed a blockade of the impoverished territory, in place ever since, after Hamas took power, and it still occupies the West Bank.
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