Gaza war could spread like 'wildfire,' says U.N. aid chief

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The conflict in Gaza is a wildfire that could spread across the region, U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday (Nov 9), adding that allowing the situation to continue in the enclave would be a "travesty."   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 The situation is very simply put, it is insupportable.

00:04 And to allow it to continue would be a travesty.

00:07 War indeed is a virus that always wants to expand.

00:13 And the current conflict is a wildfire that could consume the region,

00:17 that could spread, and that we will think these have been the good days

00:22 when we see what may happen tomorrow.

00:26 The United Nations cannot be part of a unilateral proposal

00:31 to push hundreds of thousands of desperate civilians in Gaza

00:36 into so-called safe zones.

00:39 We cannot be part of this.

00:41 It is cessation of fighting, a silencing of the guns for humanitarian purposes.

00:49 There's been a lot of discussion about the value of pauses,

00:51 and I'm not one to deny the value of pauses,

00:55 but that is not the same as a ceasefire, as you mentioned also, Mr President,

01:00 which provides a sense of continuity to allow precisely for the revival of services,

01:09 the entry of private sector, and the possibility of the people of Gaza

01:13 to breathe and consider that they will have a future.

01:17 But it actually is imperative, also.

01:20 [ Silence ]

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