UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he was "deeply distressed" by Israel's imposition of a total siege on the Gaza Strip following Hamas' assault on the country. "The humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities," Guterres told reporters. “Now it will only deteriorate exponentially.”

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