The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 67,074, with 169,430 injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Saturday.
Over the past 24 hours, Israeli attacks killed 66 Palestinians and injured 265 others in Gaza, the statement said.
Since Israel resumed full-scale military operations in Gaza on March 18 this year, following a brief ceasefire, 13,486 Palestinians have been killed and 57,389 injured, the authorities said.
Israel continued its strikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, despite Hamas' announcement to accept parts of the 20-point ceasefire plan.
According to the Hamas-run government media office in Gaza, Israeli forces launched 93 attacks on densely populated areas in Gaza since wee hours, killing 70 people, with 47 deaths in Gaza City alone.
Hamas condemned the bombardment and massacres in a statement on the day, saying that Israel has been lying about fewer military actions against civilians. It also urged global pressure on Israel to end the two-year genocide in Gaza.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 67,074
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 67,074
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 67,074
The multilateral system is "under attack" amid global turmoil, President of the 80th UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock warned in her remarks on Wednesday.
In her briefing on the priorities for the resumed 80th Session of the General Assembly, the UNGA president noted that the current multilateral system does not collapse all in a sudden, but "crumbles piece by piece" in divisions, compromises, and lack of political commitment.
The president called all the UN member states to defend the UN Charter and international law and promote cross-regional cooperation.
She also urged to push forward the work of the UNGA on certain critical issues with a strong majority, rather than an absolute consensus among all member states. Such act is not a failure of multilateralism, but "an affirmation of it," she said.
The foundational principles of the institution should not be eroded by appeasement, she said, calling the member states to show courage, leadership, and responsibility at the UN's "critical make-or-break moment."
"The UN needs you. Your support, your leadership, your principle, stand, your cross-regional cooperation, if we are to preserve and modernize this institution, if we are to make it, rather than break it," she said.
UNGA President warns global multilateral system "under attack"
