She is the first senior American official to make this request so openly. Kamala Harris, the US vice president, called for a “immediate ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, Sunday March 3. “Given the extent of the suffering”this ceasefire must last “for at least the next six weeks”she said. “This is what is currently on the negotiating table”, she added. Follow our live stream.
Israel has ‘no excuses’ for restricting aid to Gaza. Kamala Harris also made the most virulent criticism of Israel to date from a senior American official since the start of the war. “The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. There are no excuses”estimated the American vice-president.
Talks in Cairo. Negotiations resumed on Sunday for a truce between Israel and Hamas during Ramadan in the Gaza Strip, subject to new deadly Israeli bombings, while the besieged Palestinian territory is threatened with famine according to the UN.
Pope Francis calls for “safe access” to humanitarian aid. “I carry in my heart every day, with pain, the suffering of the population in Palestine and Israel due to the ongoing hostilities”declared the Pope on Sunday after the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican. “I encourage the continuation of negotiations for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and throughout the region so that all hostages [israéliens] are released and returned to their loved ones who await them with anguish, and that the civilian population [de Gaza] can have safe access to urgently needed humanitarian aid.”he added.