Israel accuses UN leader Guterres of supporting Hamas terrorism, shocking him

After Guterres criticized Israel for its unrelenting bombardment and isolation of the Gaza Strip following the Hamas massacres, emotions erupted on Tuesday.UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated on Wednesday that he had to "set the record straight" over comments he had made the day before, which had angered Israel and prompted demands for his resignation.At the UN headquarters in New York, he declared, "I am shocked by the misrepresentations by some of my statement yesterday in the Security Council as if I was justifying acts of terror by Hamas."This is untrue. In a brief speech, he stated, "It was the exact reverse. Declaring that "nothing can justify the deliberate killing, injuring, and kidnapping of people," Guterres said he had denounced the Hamas attack on Israel.