created to ensure the safe and unimpeded passage of humanitarian aid and urgent supplies to those in need.””Third, a comprehensive international effort should be launched to address the region’s root causes and chart a course for a durable and lasting settlement to the conflict,” Xi added.China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a separate statement on Tuesday that China is ready to “provide whatever assistance can be helpful in encouraging Israel and Hamas to resume dialogue and communication” and that “a 20-minute ceasefire agreed upon by Hamas and Israel… is only the first step toward peace in the region.”— Michele Luhn16 Hours AgoU.N. welcomes 20-minute Gaza ceasefire by Israel, HamasUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his “warm welcome” for the 20-minute humanitarian ceasefire agreed upon by Israel and Hamas on Tuesday, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a press briefing.Guterres reiterated “his appeal to all parties to halt the cycle of terrible violence and rising death tolls in Gaza.”He also said that the U.N. was “ready to assist in implementing and sustaining the ceasefire.”Dujarric added that the 20-minute pause in fighting should be extended to “enable the extent of the damage and the humanitarian needs to be assessed.”— Rebecca Picciotto
Israel-Hamas War: Real-time Updates and News on Gaza Conflict
