"UN and Arab Leaders Unite to Call for Peaceful Resolution to Israel-Hamas Conflict"

UN chief Antonio Guterres and Arab leaders called for an end to the Israel-Hamas war and urged a peaceful solution at a Cairo "Summit for Peace." Guterres pleaded for a humanitarian ceasefire, highlighting the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza with thousands dead and over a million displaced. The leaders condemned the violence and called for justice, self-determination, and an independent Palestinian state. The US did not participate in the summit. The war broke out after Hamas gunmen killed over 1,400 people in southern Israel, and Israel has responded with an offensive aimed at destroying Hamas's infrastructure. The UN chief emphasized the legitimate grievances of the Palestinian people but condemned the reprehensible assault by Hamas.