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GAZA, Aug. 30-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said here on Wednesday that he dreams to see the Gaza Strip part of one sovereign Palestinian state. "I dream of seeing a Palestinian state live in peace and security side by side with Israel, and I dream to see Gaza as part of one sovereign Palestinian state," Guterres told a news briefing at one of the UN schools in northern Gaza. Guterres and his convoy of UN vehicles entered Gaza through the Erez border crossing between the northern tip of the blockaded coastal enclave and Israel. "We call on the international community to provide the needed humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip," he said. "The internal Palestinian split destroys the Palestinian people cause." Guterres called for removing all obstacles to establish a Palestinian state, and stressed the importance of resolving the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. "But Gaza's problems are not only humanitarian, also political," he warned. Earlier, dozens of Palestinians, including family members and relatives of prisoners held in Israeli prisons, intercepted the convoy of the UN chief in northern Gaza. When the convoy passed a Hamas-controlled checkpoint, relatives of Palestinian prisoners intercepted it and demonstrated before the convoy continued heading to the Gaza city. The banners they held read: "Where are the rights of our prisoners? The rights of our prisoners are violated on daily basis." | 
