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Jodie Clark has quite possibly the toughest job in the world. As head of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, she is responsible for getting desperately needed food, medicine, fuel and other supplies to more than 2 million Palestinians.
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Nine months ago I wrote about the Hamas attacks on a kibbutz in southern Israel where I lived and worked as a volunteer in the early 1980s.
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Caritas Australia has joined its counterparts in Canada and New Zealand in calling for their government heads to act on earlier calls for a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza.
Caritas Australia has warned that Gaza is suffering from the worst hunger crisis, being home to 80 per cent of the global population at catastrophic risk of starvation and death.
The seven-day pause in hostilities from November 24 to December 1 has enabled Caritas Australia partner agencies to deliver primary health care to communities in southern Gaza.
As evacuation orders continue in southern Gaza and with an estimated 1.8 million people now internally displaced, Caritas Australia says the humanitarian situation is becoming ‘even more desperate’.
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