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New Delhi:In a rare move, the heads of 18 UN agencies and other humanitarian groups issued a joint statement Monday, urging an end to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict..
Thestatement, signed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, a forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners, said: We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire..
The statement expressed concern for the suffering of civilians on both sides, saying that rockets continue to traumatise families in Israel, where some 1,400 people were killed and over 200 taken hostage, including children, by Hamas in a 7 October attack..
However, the horrific killings of even more civilians in Gaza is an outrage, as is cutting off 2.2 million Palestinians from food, water, medicine, electricity and fuel, the statement added...
The statement demanded that more aid food, water, medicine and fuel be allowed into Gaza, and that it reach the people in need, especially women and children, wherever they are...
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