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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen denounces UN chief Antonio Guterres over his criticism of Israel's Gaza campaign. "Mr. Secretary General, in what world do you live?" Cohen tells Guterres at a special Security Council session on the crisis. SOUNDBITE
The UN rights chief warns that the world needs to change paths to avoid a future filled with military escalation, repression, disinformation, deepening inequality and rampant climate change. "We are at a fork in the road: We can either continue on our current path — a treacherous ‘new normal’ — and sleepwalk into a dystopian future, or we can wake up and turn things around for the better, for humanity and the planet," Volker Turk tells the United Nations Human Rights Council. SOUNDBITE
Ten children in Gaza are "losing one leg or two legs" every day, says Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, as he delivers a press briefing in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into "another Gaza." SOUNDBITE
Israel's permanent representative to the UN, Gilad Erdan, calls the ICC prosecutor's bid seeking arrest warrants against Israeli leaders "an act of outrageous absurdity and moral bankruptcy," as he addresses a UN Security Council meeting on the war in Gaza. "This is a despicable and unforgettable day," he adds. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an immediate halt to hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the return of hostages and an increase in aid to the beseiged Palestinian territory, in a video address to an international donors' conference in Kuwait. SOUNDBITE
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