{"id":12545,"date":"2025-10-07T05:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T03:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/un-chief-calls-for-release-of-israeli-hostages\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:25:52","slug":"un-chief-calls-for-release-of-israeli-hostages","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/un-chief-calls-for-release-of-israeli-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief calls for release of Israeli hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for the unconditional release of all Israeli hostages and described the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza as being on a scale that \u201cdefies comprehension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today marking two years since the Hamas-led attack on Israel, Guterres condemned the assault as \u201cabhorrent\u201d and urged that the day be used to honour all those who were killed and suffered horrific violence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He appealed for an end to the loss of civilian lives and futures, welcoming United States President Donald Trump\u2019s peace proposal as a possible opportunity to end the long-running conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guterres highlighted that a permanent ceasefire and a credible political process were vital to prevent further bloodshed and to pave the way for a lasting peace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly through dialogue and mutual respect can Israelis, Palestinians, and all peoples of the region live side by side in security, dignity, and peace,\u201d Guterres said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12546,"template":"default||default||default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-12545","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for the unconditional release of all Israeli hostages||United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for the unconditional release of all Israeli hostages||United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for the unconditional release of all Israeli hostages||United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for the unconditional release of all Israeli hostages","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18101,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12545\/revisions\/18101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=12545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}