“There must be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for at least six weeks, as stipulated in the agreement that is on the table,” said American Vice President Kamala Harris, who will receive Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz in Washington tomorrow.
“What we see every day in Gaza is devastating.
We have received reports of families eating leaves or animal feed. Women give birth to malnourished babies with little or no medical care. Children are dying from malnutrition and dehydration,” he added.
“Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. Just a few days ago, we saw desperate, hungry people approaching aid trucks, simply trying to get food for their families after weeks of almost no aid reaching northern Gaza. They were greeted by gunfire and chaos,” the vice president said again, speaking from the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where the historic marches for African American civil rights took place.
“The people of Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane. Our common humanity compels us to act. As President Joe Biden said Friday, “The United States is committed to urgently providing more life-saving assistance to innocent Palestinians in need,” Harris said, also reiterating the need to “eliminate Hamas” and release all Israeli hostages.
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