First published 10/6/2026, 2:16:15 PM · Last updated 10/6/2026, 2:16:15 PM

‘Nothing can justify these atrocities,’ says Guterres three years on from 7 October attacks

Three years after the 7 October attacks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said nothing could justify the atrocities and called for an end to the suffering of Israelis and Palestinians. Additional details were not included in the source data received by Planet Briefing.

Illustrative image: U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt participate in the Israel Hayom Forum for Israel-U.S. Relations in Jerusalem, Jerusalem June 27, 2019 — David Azagury / U.S. Embassy Jerusalem/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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The statement addresses suffering among Israelis and Palestinians three years after the attacks.

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