A key parliamentary session in Westminster in London called on the British government to urgently grant medical visas for children from Gaza in need of treatment, Wafa agency reports.

Organised by the Association of the Palestinian Community in the UK (APC-UK) and hosted by the Independent Parliamentary Group, the session called for taking immediate action to address the dire situation faced by Gaza’s children amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Strip.

The session was opened by an Independent MP and moderated by the Chair of the Political Affairs Committee of the Palestinian community in the UK, with prominent speakers, including the director of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, the head of the Palestinian community in the UK, a senior campaigner from “War on Want”; an anti-poverty charity based in London and the Palestinian ambassador to the UK.

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