UNSC to meet Saturday as Guterres warns Israel’s Gaza plan is ‘dangerous’ – SUCH TV

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned that Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City represented a “dangerous escalation” that could further worsen the plight of ordinary Palestinians, his spokesperson said.

“The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by the Israeli government’s decision to ‘take control of Gaza City’,” the spokesperson noted in a statement. “This move risks intensifying the already catastrophic situation for millions of Palestinians.”

According to three diplomatic sources cited by AFP, the United Nations Security Council will hold a rare weekend session on Saturday to discuss Israel’s Gaza City plan.

The meeting at 1900 GMT had been requested by several members of the Security Council, a member of the Council told AFP, as global concern mounts over Israel’s plan.

Belgium summons Israeli ambassador over Gaza control plan

Belgium said Friday that it was summoning the Israeli ambassador over Israel’s plans to “take military control” of the Palestinian territory of Gaza.

“The aim is clearly to express our total disapproval of this decision, but also of the continued colonisation,” Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot posted on X.
Israel’s military will “take control” of Gaza City under a new plan approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, touching off a wave of criticism Friday from both inside and outside the country.

Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, Netanyahu faces mounting pressure to secure a truce to pull the territory’s more than two million people back from the brink of famine and free the hostages held by Palestinian militants.

Hamas denounced the plan to expand the fighting as a “new war crime”.

Staunch Israeli ally Germany meanwhile took the extraordinary step of halting military exports out of concern they could be used in Gaza, a move Netanyahu slammed as a reward for Hamas.