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    We asked every US Senator for their position on a ceasefire in Gaza. Here’s what they said

    by Eric Garcia,Richard Hall,Andrew Feinberg and John Bowden Nov 10, 2023 5 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 10,000 Palestinians, including more than 4,000 children, according to the Gaza health ministry. In one month, Israel has imposed a total siege of the densely packed territory, carried out relentless airstrikes and artillery, and cut off electricity and water to the 2.3 million people who live there.

    Israel says the goal of the operation, which was launched in response to the massacre of 1,400 people by Hamas just over a month ago, was to destroy the group entirely.

    As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has worsened, calls for a have grown. The United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, warned this week that Gaza was becoming a  “graveyard for , and that “the unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire

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