UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday March 11 that he was “appalled” by the continuation of the conflict in Gaza despite Ramadan. He called for “silence the guns” and the release of the hostages to “bring honor… to Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan” According to Israel, 130 hostages are still in Gaza, 31 of whom are believed to have died, out of around 250 people kidnapped during Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7.