Geneva, Oct 7, 2025 (AFP) - UN chief demands Hamas release hostages 'unconditionally and immediately'

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2025-10-07

The UN chief on Tuesday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held in Gaza, and an end to hostilities in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, Israel and the region. Speaking on the second anniversary of the Hamas October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the war in the Gaza Strip, Antonio Guterres decried a "humanitarian catastrophe on a scale that defies comprehension", reiterating the urgent need to "release the......

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