Fighting rages across Gaza as UN chief urges 'immediate ceasefire'

More than seven months into the Israel-Hamas war, UN chief Antonio Guterres urged "an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional release of all hostages and an immediate surge in humanitarian aid" into the besieged Gaza Strip. "But a ceasefire will only be the start," Guterres told a donor conference in Kuwait. "It will be a long road back from the devastation and trauma of this war." As Egyptian, Qatari and US mediation efforts towards a truce appeared to stall, US President Joe Biden...