People “are starving” in Gaza, according to US Vice President Kamala Harris, who has urged Israel to “significantly increase the flow of aid” there. She stated that “there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks”, in order to “get the [Israeli] hostages out”. Because Hamas was not providing a list of hostages who were still alive, Israel had earlier declined to attend cease-fire negotiations in Egypt. The Israeli bombing, Hamas informed the BBC, prevented it from doing so. “Really, it is hard to determine who is still alive,” remarked top Hamas official Dr. Basem Naim.
For the scheduled meetings, Hamas’s delegation and US and Qatari mediators are reportedly in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Following Thursday’s episode outside Gaza City in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave, where crowds stormed an aid truck and Israeli troops opened fire, pressure for a ceasefire accord increased. At least 112 people were killed. “What we are seeing every day in Gaza is devastating,” Ms. Harris remarked on Sunday while speaking at an event in Alabama. There have been stories of children dying from starvation and dehydration, mothers giving birth to undernourished newborns with little to no medical attention, and households consuming leaves or animal feed. “As I have said many times, too many innocent Palestinians have been killed.”
The vice president reiterated President Joe Biden’s pledge to “urgently get more life-saving assistance to innocent Palestinians in need” while highlighting how “our common humanity compels us to act.” Ms. Harris is scheduled to meet in Washington on Monday with prominent Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz to deliberate on potential peace negotiations and bolstered humanitarian supplies for Gaza. “A deal is on the table, and as we have stated, Hamas must accept that deal,” stated Ms. Harris. Let’s agree to a stop-fire. Let us bring the hostages back to their families and give the Gazan people urgent relief.” Additionally, she stated, “More needs to be done by the Israeli government to greatly boost humanitarian flow. No justifications.”
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