United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages. According to him, the UN is ready to support the implementation of this agreement.

Ukrinform reports this.. Guterres also said that the UN is ready to increase the volume of humanitarian aid to the “countless number of Palestinians who continue to suffer.”.

“It is critical that this ceasefire removes significant security and political obstacles to the delivery of aid to Gaza. The humanitarian situation is at a catastrophic level,” he noted..

The UN Secretary General also paid tribute to the mediators - Egypt, Qatar and the United States - for their “dedicated efforts in reaching this agreement.”.

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According to Guterres, the agreement is an important first step, after which all efforts should be mobilized to achieve broader goals, including "

He noted the importance of “ending the occupation and achieving a two-state solution.”. “Only through a viable two-state solution can the aspirations of both peoples – Israeli and Palestinian – be realized,” the Secretary General concluded.