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TOPSHOT - US Ambassador to the UN Robert A. Wood speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on December 8, 2023. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on December 8, 2023, that Hamas brutality could never justify "collective punishment" of Palestinians as Israel presses its campaign against Hamas in the Gaza strip. "Some 130 hostages are still held captive. I call for their immediate and unconditional release, as well as their humane treatment and visits from the International Committee of the Red Cross until they are freed," Guterres said at an emergency meeting of the organization's Security Council. "At the same time, the brutality perpetrated by Hamas can never justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people." (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)