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SvennoJ on 18 May 2025
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Risk of ‘famine, illness, death’ growing each day: UNICEF

UNICEF has decried the “daily suffering and killing” of children in Gaza, compounded by Israel’s ongoing blockade of emergency aid, including food and medicines.

“For the past two months, the situation has further deteriorated, due to the imposed blockade of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip,” UNICEF’s Middle East and North Africa branch said in a post on X.

“Aid MUST enter Gaza now. The ceasefire MUST be reinstated NOW.”


Italian politicians protest at Egypt’s Gaza border against ‘massacre’

Members of the European Parliament and the Italian Parliament demonstrated in front of Egypt’s Rafah border crossing with Gaza, calling for aid access and an end to the war in the devastated Palestinian territory.

“Europe is not doing enough, nothing to stop the massacre,” MEP Cecilia Strada told AFP.

The group – including 11 Italian MPs, three MEPs and representatives of NGOs – held signs reading “Stop genocide now”, “End illegal occupation” and “Stop arming Israel”, according to the agency.

“There should be a complete embargo on weapons to and from Israel and a stop to trade with illegal settlements,” Strada said.

The protesters laid toys on the ground in solidarity with Gaza’s children, who the UN warns face “a growing risk of starvation, illness and death” more than two months into a total Israeli aid blockade.


Italian politicians protest in front of the pictures of European leaders


Egypt’s el-Sisi calls for truce, aid entry to Gaza

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has called for a ceasefire in Gaza during a meeting with Massad Boulos, senior adviser to Trump, in Cairo.

The two sides discussed efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza as well as other regional issues, according to a statement by el-Sisi’s spokesman on Facebook.

El-Sisi stressed “the need to work on an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and the implementation of humanitarian aid, evaluating the joint efforts between Egypt, the United States and Qatar for mediation”, the statement said.