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Source: United Nations (video statements)

Blurb: Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, including a record number of children, are living with amputations amid severe shortages of medical care and supplies. Gaza has the world’s largest population of child amputees, many facing dire health conditions and limited access to treatment or rehabilitation. Amputations are often performed as life-saving measures due to the lack of medical resources. Ongoing evacuation orders in parts of Gaza City, combined with escalating violence, have forced residents into increasingly small areas, adding immense pressure on hospitals. Al-Shifa Hospital is operating at nearly 300 percent capacity, with a constant influx of complex trauma injuries.

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Source: United Nations (video statements)

With intensifying Israeli activity in and around Gaza City reportedly continuing Thursday, Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his urgent call for a ceasefire, as Palestinians fled intense airstrikes, artillery shelling and gunfire.

Speaking today (21 Aug) at a press conference on the sidelines of the International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, the UN Chief said, “I must reiterate that it is vital to reach immediately a ceasefire in Gaza, and the unconditional release of all hostages and to avoid the massive death and destruction that a military operation against Gaza City would inevitably cause.”

Guterres also condemned the Israeli Government’s decision to approve a long-shelved settlement expansion project in the occupied West Bank. He said, “the decision by the Israeli authorities to expand illegal settlement construction, which would divide the West Bank, must be reversed.” He added that all settlement construction “is a violation of international law.”

The UN chief also noted that around the world, “war rages – from Gaza to Sudan to Ukraine and beyond,” adding that “climate chaos is destroying lives and livelihoods.”

He also said that economies are straining under debt, uncertainty, and inequality. Guterres added, “in this time of fracture and fragility, we need collective action to restore trust and deliver global progress.”

Guterres also told reporters that discussions at the TICAD Summit focused on how partnership with Africa can strengthen solutions the whole world needs “ – in peace, in global governance, finance, climate action, and digital transformation.”

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