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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Caitlin Doherty

Group of 25 countries tell Israel to end the war ‘now’

  • UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and 24 other foreign ministers, along with the EU’s Commissioner for Equality, have condemned Israel for depriving Gazans of "human dignity".
  • They urged the Israeli government to immediately lift restrictions on aid flow and called for the war to "end now", describing the suffering of civilians as having reached "new depths".
  • The ministers stated that proposals to move 600,000 Palestinians to a "humanitarian city" in Rafah are "completely unacceptable" and constitute a violation of international humanitarian law.
  • They condemned the "drip feeding of aid" and the killing of hundreds of Palestinians while seeking assistance, calling Israel's denial of essential humanitarian aid unacceptable.
  • Mr Lammy later told the Commons that ignoring calls from the UK and other nations for the war in Gaza to end is "tarnishing greatly the reputation of Israel".

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