GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization called for a ceasefire and a "true solution" to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body's governing body on Thursday where he described conditions in Gaza as "hellish".
"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.
In the same address, Tedros warned that more people in Gaza would die of starvation and disease.
"If you add all that, I think it's not easy to understand how hellish the situation is," he said.
Persons:
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, let's, Tedros, Israel, Meirav Eilon Shahar, Cecile Mantovani, Emma Farge, Jonathan Oatis
Organizations:
World Health, WHO, Reuters
Locations:
GENEVA, Israel, Gaza, Eritrea, Geneva