by Alex MacDonald and Ragip Soylu at Middle East Eye
At least 10,000 Palestinians have now been killed in Gaza after four weeks of Israeli bombardment, with UN agencies and NGOs pleading on Monday for a ceasefire in the besieged enclave.
The heads of 18 UN agencies and NGOs issued a joint statement calling for an end to the violence in Gaza, where more than 4,100 children have been killed by Israeli bombing.
The signatories, including the heads of Unicef, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organisation and Save the Children, warned that the entire population of Gaza was being “denied access to the essentials for survival, bombed in their homes, shelters, hospitals and places of worship”.
“We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. It’s been 30 days. Enough is enough. This must stop now,” read the statement.
Their plea comes as ambulances carrying wounded Palestinians arrived in Egypt through the Rafah border crossing…
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