2023-11-06 03:31:09
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Heads of major UN agencies call for ceasefire in Gaza
The heads of 18 UN agencies, including UNICEF, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization, issued a rare joint statement to express outrage at the toll of civilian casualties in Gaza and call for a ” immediate humanitarian ceasefire.” “It’s been 30 days. Enough is enough. This must stop now,” they write, expressing “shock and horror at the (growing) number of lives lost and ravaged.”
In Gaza, “an entire population is besieged and attacked, denied access to (elements) essential to survival, (residents) are bombed in their homes, in shelters, hospitals and places of worship. This is unacceptable,” the statement continued. UN agency officials also call on Hamas to release the more than 240 hostages and urge each side to respect its obligations under international law.
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