STORY: Palestinian-Israeli conflict: international community calls for solutions
DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:21
LOCATION: UN Headquarters/Jerusalem/Amman/Cairo/Tripoli
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Gaza
2. various of the protestors in Tripoli
3. various of press briefing room
4. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General
5. various of the Arab League and a session held by Arab FMs
6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED ABOUL-GHEIT, AL Secretary-General
7. various of the session
8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): NASSER BOURITA, Foreign Minister of Morocco
9. various of Jordan's King Abdullah II at the opening ceremony of the parliament
10. various of IDF activities in Gaza
11. various of people in Gaza

STORYLINE:

Amid the rising tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the international community has appealed for solutions to de-escalate the conflict.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General
"I call for the immediate release of all Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Civilians must be protected at all times. International humanitarian law must be respected and upheld.
Crucial life-saving supplies - including fuel, food and water -- must be allowed into Gaza. We need rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access now."

Arab foreign ministers on Wednesday called for an immediate halt of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict and the revival of the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace process.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED ABOUL-GHEIT, AL Secretary-General
"The current escalation is not a matter of today. It has its deep roots that are well known to all of us such as the denial of the Palestinian rights and considering the Palestinians in the West Bank and in Gaza as a security problem."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): NASSER BOURITA, Foreign Minister of Morocco
"All of this happens amid a discourse of obliteration, a systematic and awful discourse that bears no good omens for the future. Violence brings nothing but violence. Exclusion gets nothing but exclusion. Extremism gets nothing but extremism."

Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday also stressed the need for the international community to end the escalation in the Gaza Strip during phone calls with several foreign leaders, according to a statement released by the Royal Hashemite Court.

Israel formed a unity government and a war cabinet on Wednesday to oversee the deadly conflict triggered by Hamas' weekend surprise attack as it continued to launch airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip.

As of Wednesday, more than 2,000 people have been killed and thousands of others injured on both sides.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from UN Headquarters/Jerusalem/Amman/Cairo/Tripoli.
(XHTV)