Hundreds of staffers at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have signed a letter calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, as a growing number of government employees voice dissent against US support for Israel’s military offensive there.

In the letter, shared by Foreign Policy magazine and The Washington Post on November 3, the employees decry the “numerous violations of international law” and the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza.

“We believe that further catastrophic loss of human life can only be avoided if the United States Government calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of Israeli hostages, and the restoration of water, food, fuel, and electricity to the people of Gaza by the State of Israel,” it reads.

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Children sit together at a UN-run school that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25. — AFP
Children sit together at a UN-run school that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25. — AFP

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