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Nada will get the care she needs here, that would have been impossible in Gaza,
said Tariq al-Hamdan, an emergency room medic from Amman’s King Hussein hospital
We just wish we could have taken more children,
al-Hamdan saidNothing was possible in Gaza,
Ahlam said, trying to keep her exhausted, squirming child in her lapEverybody in Gaza just needs to know what their future will be. Whether we will be able to rebuild, and go back to life,
she saidWe are here in the midst of destruction and rubble and we are steadfast despite the pain and our wounds,
said Mohammed Abu al-Jidyan
People are deeply saddened, and everything around us feels heartbreaking,
said Malak Fadda, who had organised the communal mealHere, we are eating Iftar on our land and we will not leave this place,
he addedThere is plenty of food and supplies in Gaza; 4,200 trucks a week have gone in during this ceasefire, enough for many, many months,
David Mencer said
The mediators and guarantors bear full responsibility for preventing (Israeli Prime Minister) Netanyahu from sabotaging all efforts made to reach the agreement and for protecting the agreement from collapsing,
Hamdan told a news conference
I am sorry that it took us so long,
said Netanyahu in a phone conversation
If Hamas remains entrenched in its position and refuses to release our hostages, there will be further consequences—which I will not elaborate on here.”
The reports came after Netanyahu issued a threat, sayingWhere will our food come from?"
said Salah al-Hajj Hassan, a resident in Jabalia, on Gaza's northern edge where families have returned to destroyed homes to live in the rubble
It is catastrophic and things might become worse if the ceasefire isn't resumed or there is no intervention by the local authorities against greedy merchants,
he told Reuters via a chat appThere are pressures to compel the occupation to commit to the ceasefire agreement and to reopen the crossing,
said Marouf in a statement on MondayIreland’s emergency food and tents are currently in Jordan waiting to be transported to Gaza as soon as possible,
said the Department of Foreign Affairs in reply to questions