Deeply distressed by announcement of Israel on initiating complete siege of Gaza': UN Chief

UN Chief Antonio Guterres has said that he is deeply distressed by the announcement that Israel will initiate a complete siege of Gaza strip. He added that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities, & now it will only deteriorate exponentially. He added, 'This most recent violence does not come in a vacuum. The reality is that it grows out of a long-standing conflict, with a 56-year long occupation and no political end in sight.'