The vice president of USA, Kamala Harrisrequested this Sunday that the ceasefire in Gaza period, of six weeks, which is negotiating Israel y Palestine be implemented “immediately.”
“Given the immense scale of the suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks, (the plan) is currently on the table.”Harris said in Selma, Alabama, where he gave a speech to commemorate the anniversary of the civil rights march known as ‘Bloody Sunday.’
The right hand of Joe Biden He stated that the images coming from Gaza are devastating: “We have seen women giving birth to malnourished babies with little or no medical care and children dying from malnutrition and dehydration”.
“The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. “There are no excuses,” he noted.
Harris will meet tomorrow at the White House with the member of the Israeli war cabinet Benny Gantza meeting in which he will reiterate the United States’ position of implementing the temporary ceasefire to bring more humanitarian aid to Gaza and free the hostages.
According to the US, Israel has “more or less” accepted a proposed six-week ceasefire in Gaza, while Hamas has not yet accepted a “defined category of vulnerable hostages,” a senior House official said Saturday. White.
The six-week ceasefire would allow the release of hostages held in Gaza and the flow of humanitarian aid.
The United States stepped up its delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza this weekend by distributing approximately 38,000 meals via military aircraft, as the White House hopes Israel and Palestine will commit to a six-week ceasefire agreement before Ramadan begins on March 10th.
On Saturday, thousands of Americans took to the streets of several cities to protest in favor of Palestine and to demand changes in US foreign policy, after 115 Gazans died this week following an Israeli attack.
These types of protests, in which young people predominate, attempt to put pressure on President Joe Biden’s foreign policy in the middle of an election year. EFE (I)
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