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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he was “shocked by the misinterpretations” of his statements during a Security Council meeting.<\/p>\n

He told reporters at UN headquarters in New York this his statements were interpreted \u201cas if I was justifying acts of terror by Hamas.”<\/p>\n

“This is false. It was the opposite,” he stressed.<\/p>\n

Requoting his remarks where he “condemned unequivocally the horrifying and unprecedented 7 October acts of terror by Hamas in Israel,” he said: “Nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians, or the launching of rockets against civilian targets.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Indeed, I spoke of the grievances of the Palestinian people and in doing so. I also clearly stated, and I quote: “But the grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the appalling attacks by Hamas,” he said.<\/p>\n

Noting he later went on with his intervention, referring to his positions on all aspects of the Middle East crisis, he added: “I believe it was necessary to set the record straight, especially out of respect to the victims and to their families.”<\/p>\n

His comments came after he received criticism from Israel, with the Israeli foreign minister canceling a meeting with the UN chief, after Guterres told the Security Council that Palestinians had been “subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n

“It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum,” he added.<\/p>\n

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