United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that the number of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip shows that there is something “clearly wrong” with Israel’s military operations against Hamas, Reuters reports.

“There are violations by Hamas when they have human shields. But when one looks at the number of civilians that were killed with the military operations, there is something that is clearly wrong,” Guterres told Reuters NEXT.

“It is also important to make Israel understand that it is against the interests of Israel to see every day the terrible image of the dramatic humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people,” Guterres said.

“That doesn’t help Israel in relation to the global public opinion.”

Guterres compared the number of children being killed in Gaza with the toll in conflicts around the world that he reports on annually.

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