06-08-2014 - SAVE the Children has placed full-page adverts in British newspapers listing the names of 373 Palestinian children killed in Israel’s offensive on Gaza. The black-and-white advert in broadsheet newspapers carries the names of the children that the Palestinian Ministry of Health and United Nations (OCHA) have reported to have died between July 8 and August 3. Readers are invited to send text messages as part of the campaign to force a permanent ceasefire “for the children of Gaza and Israel”. A fragile ceasefire in the Gaza strip entered a second day on Wednesday as Israeli and Palestinian delegations prepared for crunch talks in Cairo to try to extend the 72-hour truce. The ceasefire has brought relief to both sides after 1875 Palestinians and 67 people on the Israeli side were killed in one month of fighting. In a separate statement, Save the Children said the public health system in Gaza was close to collapse and that half a million people were displaced from their homes. “For the sake of children and their families, we are hoping that this ceasefire holds,” said Save the Children’s David Hassell. “It is desperately needed, as essential services in Gaza have all but collapsed and we are struggling to reach the most vulnerable children caught in this conflict.”
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:46:54 +0000
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