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“Any further onslaught will make things even worse — worse for Palestinian civilians, worse for hostages and worse for all people in the region," Guterres said.
A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it.
People are waving Palestinian flags in the streets from Paris to London to San Francisco.
It would have been the first major truce 11 months after Russia's invasion.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
As President Joe Biden stays silent on cease-fire between Israel and militant group Hamas, dozens of Senate Democrats are calling for a temporary halt of violence.
The decision came after a meeting of Islamic clerics from across the country this week who declared a fatwa on Taliban attacks.
In Syria's Ghouta region, attacks continue even after a United Nations ceasefire.
Ground fighting has continued largely unabated despite the truce.
The latest strikes come 10 days into a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive to capture rebel-held eastern Aleppo.
Rebel officials and rescue workers said incendiary bombs were among the weapons that rained from the sky on the city.