Children in Gaza being ‘unequivocally failed’ by UK government, aid group says
10 months ago

Children in Gaza being ‘unequivocally failed’ by UK government, aid group says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Civilians in Gaza have been “unequivocally failed” by the UK government’s inaction in the face of Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza, aid organisation Save the Children has told The Independent. Save the Children’s senior adviser on conflict, Liz Bradshaw, told The Independent that there has been a “shameful failure by the UK government” when children in Gaza are facing “the most dangerous and dire situation for children anywhere in the world”. Ms Bradshaw explained that children in Gaza are at immediate physical risk – “from horrific blast injuries caused by the use of explosive weapons in intensely dense populated areas, like Rafah, or from amputations, leaving them in agonising pain” – and at humanitarian risk from being repeatedly displaced “in some cases, four or five, six times condensed into ever smaller areas, where frankly, there just simply aren't the conditions for that number of people to survive”. Ms Bradshaw also identified a “broader issue of consistency” around the UK’s commitment to protecting civilians and upholding international humanitarian law, which the government says is key to its foreign policy.

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