As Israeli military attacks have left many civilians dead in the Gaza Strip, UN Secretary-General Guterres visited a checkpoint on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on the 23rd and declared, ``Now is the time for an immediate ceasefire.'' I appealed.

On the 23rd, UN Secretary-General Guterres visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah checkpoint on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.



He told reporters: ``On this side of the checkpoint, there are long lines of trucks loaded with aid supplies, and on the other side, the dark shadow of famine is spreading. "This is an outrageous act," he said, expressing his anger at the current situation where food and medicine are not being delivered to the people of the Gaza Strip.



``Further attacks will make everything worse, both for Palestinian civilians and for the hostages. Now is the time for an immediate ceasefire,'' he said, calling for the prompt delivery of aid and the release of the hostages. Ta.



Meanwhile, the Israeli military is continuing military operations across the Gaza Strip, and has announced that it has killed more than 170 militants and interrogated approximately 800 at Shifa Hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip. The operation will end only when the last terrorist is captured,'' and they are prepared to continue their attacks.



In response, Gaza health authorities announced on the 23rd that due to the Israeli military siege of the hospital, five injured people in the hospital had died due to lack of water and food for six days. announced that the death toll was 32,142.



Under these circumstances, an Israeli negotiating team is visiting Qatar in the Middle East for talks with Egypt and other mediators, and attention will be focused on whether there will be any progress towards a cessation of hostilities.