United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is visiting China, says that attacks by militant group Hamas on Israel did not justify the "collective punishment" of Palestinians, and called for an immediate ceasefire. Speaking at the multilateral Belt and Road Initiative summit in China, Guterres condemned the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel that killed more than 1,400 people as "acts of terror" that could not be justified. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES