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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Harriet Sherwood

British Jewish leaders call for rapid increase in Gaza aid

Displaced Palestinians try to grab bags of flour from an aid truck near a food distribution point in Zikim, northern Gaza Strip
Displaced Palestinians try to grab bags of flour from an aid truck near a food distribution point in Zikim, northern Gaza Strip, last weekend. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

The UK’s largest Jewish organisation has called for a “rapid, uninhibited, and sustained increase in aid through all available channels” in Gaza in a rare implicit criticism of the Israeli government.

The Board of Deputies held an emergency meeting on Tuesday evening amid growing horror among British Jews at the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with children malnourished and starving and desperate parents being killed as they try to secure food for their families.

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