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UN chief says Palestinians in Gaza in ‘death loop’, demands end to blockade

Palestinians in Gaza 'are in an endless death loop', Guterres says, as Israel keeps out food and other necessities and ramps up its bombardment of the besieged enclave [Haitham Imad/EPA]

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has spoken out about the dire humanitarian situation unfolding in the besieged Gaza Strip, saying “civilians are in an endless death loop” amid renewed Israeli bombardments and a ban on the entry of much-needed aid.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Guterres rejected a new Israeli proposal to control aid deliveries in Gaza, saying it risks “further controlling and callously limiting aid down to the last calorie and grain of flour”.

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