Hamas backs UN agencies' request for week-long ceasefire in Gaza
The Palestinian militant group Hamas has endorsed the World Health Organization and UNICEF's call for a seven-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to facilitate polio vaccinations for children.
The corresponding statement was published on Telegram by Hamas official spokesman Izzat al-Risheq, News.Az reports citing TASS ."Hamas supports the UN's request today to establish a week-long ceasefire in Gaza to vaccinate several thousand children against polio," the document states.
Al-Risheq added that the movement also "demands the delivery of medicines and food for more than 2 million Palestinians who are trapped" in the Gaza Strip.
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