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Jon Sparkes

OPINION - I have never seen anything like this — babies are dying in Gaza and we need a ceasefire now

Never, in all of my 20 years working in the charity sector, have I witnessed a more desperate humanitarian situation than the one that is unfolding in Gaza right now.

As I write, the al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza has reportedly run out of fuel. With no electricity for incubators, the lives of almost 40 premature babies hang by a thread and tragically, some are reported to have died already.

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