Elders group of global leaders warns of 'genocide' in Gaza

Heard accounts of the killing of Palestinian civilians while trying to access aid, they say

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The Elders group of international stateswomen and statesmen, for the first time yesterday, called the situation in Gaza an “unfolding genocide”, saying that Israel’s obstruction of aid was causing a “famine”.

“Today we express our shock and outrage at Israel’s deliberate obstruction of the entry of lifesaving humanitarian aid into Gaza,” the nongovernmental group of public figures, founded by former South Africa president Nelson Mandela in 2007, said in a statement after delegates visited border crossings in Egypt.