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UK, Australia call for 'immediate cessation of fighting' in Gaza

  • 22 Mar 2024
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Australian and UK foreign and defence ministers speaks to the media in Adelaide, South Australia.

Britain and Australia declared the need for an "immediate cessation of fighting" in Gaza on Friday, as diplomatic pressure built on Israel to ditch a planned ground assault on the southern city of Rafah.

After a meeting of Australian and UK foreign and defence ministers in Adelaide, the allies issued a statement that stressed the "urgency of an immediate cessation of fighting in Gaza to allow aid to flow and hostages to be released".

Agence France-Presse

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