Kamala Harris says there have to be an ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza | EUROtoday

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Vice President Kamala Harris referred to as for Israeli officers and leaders of Hamas to just accept a deal that may start a six-week ceasefire within the Gaza Strip on Sunday as she spoke in Selma, Alabama, on the anniversary of the civil rights march later referred to as “Bloody Sunday”.

She additionally delivered considered one of if not the sternest condemnations of Israel’s failure to permit humanitarian help to residents of the Gaza Strip, remarks that got here after Israel’s navy was broadly condemned for opening fireplace as Palestinians swarmed an help truck carrying flour.

“[G]iven the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be in immediate cease fire — for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table,” mentioned the vp.

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