New York, July 29 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the ongoing destruction in Gaza as "a cascade of catastrophes" and said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached "a breaking point," according to a UN News report.

He urged world leaders to act before it is too late.

Speaking at a high-level UN conference in New York, Guterres said the decades-old conflict is no longer just a crisis but a collapse of peace efforts.

"The peace process has been characterised by talk but no tangible results for too long," the UN news report quoted Guterres as saying at the International Conference on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

"For decades, Middle East diplomacy has been far more process than peace. Words, spe...