By Malu Cursino BBC News


A group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as “catastrophic” in a joint statement.

The UN’s plea for a de-escalation of the conflict comes as Israel warns of intensified strikes on Gaza.

  • alvvayson@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Israel can probably get most of the hostages back by just stopping the air strikes.

    And that’s exactly why they are doing the air strikes and also committing violence on the west bank. They are terrorizing civilians as a bargaining chip.

    This way of working should not be supported by western nations.

    Especially here in Europe, we are going to become victims of terrorism due to blindly supporting that apartheid state.

    We need human corridors and to start sanctioning Israel for war crimes ASAP.

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      1 year ago

      Clearly you know nothing of the region. Just be aware, Hamas has launched thousands of rockets at civilian population centers in Israel. No warnings, no military value, just civilians. They have no intentions of stopping this conflict.