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A senior White House official said that US President Donald Trump chaired, on Wednesday, a meeting on the war in Gaza attended by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the former Trump envoy to the Middle East, Jared Kushner.
The official told Reuters news agency that Trump and senior officials of the White House, Blair and Kushner discussed all aspects of the Gaza file, including increasing the delivery of food aid, hostage crisis and post -war plans.
The official described the session as “just a political meeting”, of the type Trump and his team repeatedly holding.
The American special envoy Steve Whitchov had gave a glimpse of the meeting in his appearance on the program “Special Reports with Brett Bayer” on the American Fox News channel, on Tuesday.
“It is a very comprehensive plan that we put together on the next day (in Gaza), and many will see how effective and good intentions, as it reflects the humanitarian motives of President Trump,” Witkov said.
“President Trump has explained his desire to end the war, and he wants peace and prosperity for all in the region. The White House has no additional information he shares about the meeting at the present time,” said another White House official.
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“Children no longer have the ability to speak or cry while they are dying.”
In a related context, Wantger Ashkeing, head of the “Save Children” organization, confirmed to the UN Security Council on Wednesday that “the hungry children of Gaza reached the point of collapse”, describing in detail their slow dying and how they are not even crying.
Ashing, who was invited to speak before the council at a meeting, stressed that the famine announced by the United Nations in Gaza last week is not just a “technical term”.
“When there is not enough food, children suffer from severe malnutrition, then they die slowly and pain. This, simply, is the meaning of famine,” she said.
She described the stages of this wasting over a few weeks, noting that “the body consumes itself … to eat muscles and vital organs”, until the last breath.
She added, “Nevertheless, almost silence in our clinics. Children have no longer the ability to speak or cry while they are dying. They lie there, vibrator, literally dissolve in front of our eyes, their small bodies are dominated by hunger and disease.”
“We told you loudly and clearly that this is coming. Everyone in this hall bears legal and moral responsibility in moving to stop these atrocities.”
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“A human crisis”
Recently, the pictures of the hungry Palestinians in Gaza, including the children, were shocked by the world, and the criticisms directed at Israel have escalated due to the deterioration of the situation there.
On Wednesday, all United Nations Security Council members, with the exception of the United States, affirmed that famine in Gaza is a “man -made crisis” and not the result of natural conditions, and stressed that the use of starvation is a weapon in the war prohibited under international humanitarian law.
In a joint statement, 14 Security Council member states, consisting of 15 members, called for an immediate, permanent and unconditional endowment to shoot in the Gaza Strip, and to release all the hostages held by Hamas and other groups.
On Wednesday, Israel had asked the integrated phased food classification of food security to withdraw its evaluation, which was issued on Friday, and stated that Gaza City and its surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine and that it is likely to spread on a larger scale.
The integrated phase classification system for food security had said that 514 thousand people, or nearly a quarter of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, suffer from starvation and that the number is expected to rise to 641 thousand by the end of September.
On Wednesday, the Israeli army announced that Israel will add two centers for the distribution of humanitarian aid in the southern Gaza Strip to receive the Palestinians, who are expected to be transferred there when implementing its planned control over Gaza City.
He explained in a statement that the work will be completed in the coming days, to replace the center in the Tal Al -Sultan neighborhood, bringing the number of distribution centers to five.
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The Pope of the Vatican calls for an end to the war in Gaza
In a related context, Pope Liu, the Pope of the Vatican, directed a “strong appeal” to the international community, on Wednesday, to end the war that has been going on for two years between Israel and Hamas, and called for a permanent ceasefire and the release of hostages detained in Gaza and the introduction of humanitarian aid to the Strip.
“He again issued a strong appeal … so that there will be an end to the conflict in the Holy Land, which caused a lot of panic, destruction and death,” the Pope said in his weekly public interview in the Vatican.
“He again issued a strong appeal … so that there will be an end to the conflict in the Holy Land, which caused a lot of panic, destruction and death,” the Pope said in his weekly public interview in the Vatican.
He continued, “I appeal to release all the hostages, reach a permanent ceasefire, and facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid safely, and fully respect for international humanitarian law.”
The Pope did not mention Israel or Hamas by name, but he said that international law requires “the protection of civilians, the prohibition of collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of force, and the forced displacement of the population.”
