President Sauli Niinistö on Monday expressed support to the humanitarian appeals made by UN Secretary General António Guterres to the Hamas and Israeli authorities regarding release of hostages and humanitarian aids for civilians in Gaza.
“Full support to UN Secretary-General’s Antonio Guterres urgent appeals,” Niinistö wrote in his twitter.
Earlier, the UN Secretary General in a twitter post made two appeals to the Hamas and Israeli authorities in this regard.
“As we are on the verge of the abyss in the Middle East, I have two humanitarian appeals: To Hamas, the hostages must be immediately released without conditions. To Israel, rapid & unimpeded access for humanitarian aid must be granted for the sake of the civilians in Gaza,” António wrote in his twitter.
The Israeli military on Monday updated in a statement that at least 199 hostages were held in Gaza, while Hamas claimed that there are 200 to 250 captives in Gaza, reported Xinhua.
In heavy Israeli attacks on Gaza, at least 2,808 individuals have been killed and more than 10,850 injured, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry.
So far, some 1,300 have been killed in Israel by the Hamas-led attacks. The Israeli police said about 615 of the fatalities have been identified.
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