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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Vivian Ho

First Thing: Israel to refuse visas to UN representatives over Guterres speech on Gaza war

A Palestinian man cries during a search for casualties after an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian man cries during a search for casualties after an Israeli strike on a house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

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Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, has vowed to teach the UN a lesson after the organisation’s secretary general, António Guterres, said in a speech that the “appalling attacks” by Hamas against Israel on 7 October that killed 1,400 people could not justify the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people”.

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