Gaza ceasefire ‘failing’ as hunger, rats and rubble define daily life, UN humanitarian chief warns

article author: Ephrem Kossaify Author: Fri, 2026-06-19 01: 40 NEW YORK CITY: Seven months after the Security Council adopted Resolution 2803 in support of the US peace plan for Gaza, the ceasefire in the territory remains fragile and the humanitarian recovery is dangerously incomplete, the UN’s aid chief warned council members on Thursday. Palestinians are still being killed each day, nearly a million people lack adequate shelter, and children are awoken by rats biting their faces, said Tom Fletcher, the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. Main category: Middle East Tags: War on Gaza Gaza ceasefire tom fletcher Special

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