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UN Chief Warns Sudan Violence Risks ‘Catastrophic Conflagration’

UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres listens as Russian Foreign Minister and Security Council Acting President for the month of April Sergei Lavrov speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres listens as Russian Foreign Minister and Security Council Acting President for the month of April Sergei Lavrov speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
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UN Chief Warns Sudan Violence Risks ‘Catastrophic Conflagration’

UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres listens as Russian Foreign Minister and Security Council Acting President for the month of April Sergei Lavrov speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)
UN Secretary-General Antَnio Guterres listens as Russian Foreign Minister and Security Council Acting President for the month of April Sergei Lavrov speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images via AFP)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the violence in Sudan "risks a catastrophic conflagration within Sudan that could engulf the whole region and beyond" and called on Security Council members to exert maximum leverage.

"We must all do everything within our power to pull Sudan back from the edge of the abyss," Guterres told the 15-member council, adding that the United Nations was not leaving Sudan.

"We stand with them at this terrible time," he said. "I have authorized the temporary relocation both inside and outside Sudan of some United Nations personnel, families."

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Israeli Military Denies Strike on Gaza Vaccination Clinic

Palestinians fill containers with clean water in the midst of the devastation in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 3, 2024. (AFP)
Palestinians fill containers with clean water in the midst of the devastation in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 3, 2024. (AFP)
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Israeli Military Denies Strike on Gaza Vaccination Clinic

Palestinians fill containers with clean water in the midst of the devastation in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 3, 2024. (AFP)
Palestinians fill containers with clean water in the midst of the devastation in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 3, 2024. (AFP)

The Israeli military denied on Monday that it had hit a clinic in the northern Gaza Strip where health workers were carrying out polio vaccinations.

On Saturday, the Gaza health ministry said Israeli fire had hit the Sheikh Radwan clinic as parents brought their children in to be vaccinated. It said four children had been wounded in the explosion, which took place during an agreed humanitarian pause to allow the campaign to go ahead.

The military said it was aware of the reports but said an initial review showed its forces had not carried out any strikes when the incident took place.

"Contrary to the claims, an initial review determined that the IDF did not strike in the area at the specified time," it said in a statement.

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the incident had taken place just after a WHO team was at the clinic and that it had endangered a vital health protection campaign.

"These vital humanitarian-area-specific pauses must be absolutely respected. Ceasefire!" he said in a statement on the social media platform X on Saturday.

The Israeli military accused the Palestinian group Hamas of deliberately operating out of civilian areas to use people as human shields, a charge that Hamas denies.

With access to the area cut off and communications patchy, outside verification of the assertions of either side has become increasingly difficult.