UN Secretary General António Guterres expressed to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian “the importance of the Iranian contribution to the unconditional and immediate release” of the Hamas hostages.
In a meeting held on Friday in New York, Guterres highlighted “the importance of the Iranian contribution” in this regard, after on Thursday Abdolahian himself had explicitly offered his country’s mediation to achieve the release of these “civilian” hostages. , accurate.
According to a statement released by the Portuguese office, Abdolahian stated that Hamas, a movement with which his country maintains close relations, would demand in exchange the release of some six thousand Palestinian prisoners currently in Israeli prisons.
On the other hand, Guterres also discussed with the Iranian Foreign Minister the efforts being made to avoid a regional repercussion of the conflict and, “in particular, in relation to Lebanon”, where the Hezbollah movement, another close ally of Iran , has already carried out some attacks from the south of the country against Israel in recent days.
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas launched a surprise attack in southern Israel on October 7 with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen, leaving at least 1,400 dead and 224 hostages.
In response, Israel declared war on Hamas, imposing a full siege on Gaza, cutting off water, fuel and electricity supplies and carrying out bombings that have killed more than 7,300 people, according to Hamas’ Health Ministry.
Source: TSF
