Palestinians have held funerals for the five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza, as toll from hunger rises.
Shrapnel, belongings litter site in Gaza City where Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israeli strike
The former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, and former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, have called for global action after visiting the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, where they said they “witnessed the shocking reality behind the unfolding famine in Gaza”.
The two leaders, who are part of The Elders, a group of former heads of state and high level officials, visited the Egyptian Red Crescent warehouses in Al Arish on Monday where they saw “massive quantities of food and medicines like ibuprofen ready for delivery to Gazans but blocked by Israeli authorities,” according to a statement.
They also heard from aid workers about aid trucks being “sent back multiple times without plausible explanation, Palestinians in Gaza undergoing operations without anaesthesia,” and “parents unable to feed themselves or their children”.
