The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called for a ceasefire and a "true solution" to the Israeli--Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body's governing body yesterday where he described conditions in Gaza as "hellish," the Reuters website reports today (Jan. 26, 2024).
WHO Director--General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , who lived through war as a child and whose own children hid in a bunker during bombardments in Ethiopia 's 1998--2000 border war with Eritrea, became emotional describing conditions in the bombed--out Gaza enclave where more than 25,000 people have been killed.
"I'm a true believer because of my own experience that war doesn't bring solution, except more war, more hatred, more agony, more destruction. So let's choose peace and resolve this issue politically," Tedros told the WHO Executive Board in Geneva during a discussion about the Gaza health emergency.
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