India urges Gaza ceasefire, says pauses 'not enough'

Voicing concern over the persisting humanitarian crisis in Gaza, India asserted that a ceasefire must be put in place, emphasising that “intermittent pauses in hostilities” are “not enough” to address the scale of challenges facing the region’s people.

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“Today’s meeting takes place against the backdrop of a persisting humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” said India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, addressing an open debate in the UN Security Council Wednesday. “Intermittent pauses in hostilities are not enough to address the scale of humanitarian challenges confronting the people, who grapple daily with acute shortages of food and fuel, inadequate medical services and lack of access to education,” Harish said at the open debate on the ‘Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question’.