UN chief says US-backed Gaza aid operation is unsafe, killing people

By Michelle Nichols

June 27, 2025 3:42 PM UTC Updated ago

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press briefing during the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) at the Centre des Expositions conference centre in Nice, France, June 10, 2025. REUTERS/Manon Cruz/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab

UNITED NATIONS, June 27 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a U.S.-backed aid operation in Gaza is “inherently unsafe,” giving a blunt assessment: “It is killing people.”

He also said U.N.-led humanitarian efforts are being “strangled,” aid workers themselves are starving and Israel – as the occupying power – is required to agree to and facilitate aid deliveries into and throughout the Palestinian enclave.

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“People are being killed simply trying to feed themselves and their families. The search for food must never be a death sentence,” Guterres told reporters.

Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Ryan Patrick Jones

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