'Inhumanity is supposed to be a red line. In Gaza the line's been obliterated'

AN aid charity has demanded the Government acts now to stop innocents starving to death in Gaza.

- By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter

‘And Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged urgent talks today with EU allies to try to avert “a humanitarian catastrophe”.

‘The UK-based Humanity & Inclusion charity claims 17,000 children have been killed in the wartorn enclave and now “famine is closing in”.

It added: “Hospitals lie in ruins. And lifesaving aid is stuck at the border. This is not just a humanitarian crisis — it’s the systematic erosion of what makes us human.

“Inhumanity is supposed to be a red line. One that should never be crossed.

“But in Gaza, that line has been obliterated — not just by the Israeli Government’s bombs and blockade, but by the silence of those with the power to stop it. The UK Government must act.

“Not with words, but with consequences. Not someday — but now.”

The UN has warned one million children in the territory are now at risk of acute malnutrition with the catastrophic effects of hunger now extending to Gaza’s entire 2.1 million population.

One in five children in Gaza City is malnourished, the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) said yesterday. Its head, Philippe Lazzarini, said: “People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.”