Queen calls for ceasefire, permanent humanitarian corridor to Gaza

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Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah has called on global leaders to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel conflict and permanently open a humanitarian corridor to Gaza.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ksaj764d  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 (speaking in foreign language)

00:03 Allow me at the outset to commence

00:07 and to applaud Her Excellency, Madam Amina Adon,

00:11 the First Lady of Turkey,

00:13 for taking this profound initiative

00:15 to convene a gathering of First Ladies

00:18 to create a much-needed forum

00:20 to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

00:24 We should all recognize, acknowledge,

00:26 and appreciate her work, dedication, and efforts

00:29 in arranging this gathering for Palestine,

00:32 united for peace in Palestine since the teens.

00:35 I am most honored and grateful to be part of this gathering.

00:40 Families broken, children left without parents,

00:46 homes lost, whole generations wiped out in an instant,

00:49 and entire people displaced.

00:51 Every day we are confronted by videos and photos

00:55 on our social media of parents holding their injured children

00:59 of exhausted doctors working in bombed-out hospitals

01:03 of homes in ruins of Gazans under siege.

01:06 Since the start of the devastating and cold-blooded campaign

01:10 against the people of Gaza,

01:12 it has been a human tragedy unfolding.

01:16 With limited access to aid

01:18 due to very restricted openings of a safe corridor,

01:21 we are currently witnessing

01:23 a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza,

01:27 what the United Nations is calling a "living nightmare."

01:31 For years, Gazans have been living in an open-air prison,

01:37 forced to endure a cruel and inhumane occupation.

01:41 According to the British Red Cross,

01:43 half of the population in Gaza is under 18 years old.

01:47 For all their lives, they have been under Israeli control,

01:51 with no free access in and out of their land,

01:55 and under constant threat of losing their homes,

01:58 and worse, their families.

02:00 This is a population that is completely traumatized,

02:04 and now they are forced to undergo an even worse ordeal.

02:08 In one month, over 10,000 Gazans have been killed,

02:11 nearly half of them children.

02:13 They have been denied and deprived

02:14 of a normal childhood and family life.

02:17 This is indeed a gross violation of basic human rights,

02:21 the right to live a normal and decent life.

02:25 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

02:32 has pointed out how no one is safe

02:35 from Israel's constant bombing of civilians' hospitals,

02:40 refugee camps, mosques, churches, facilities and shelters.

02:45 I am angry at this gross violation of human rights.

02:49 I am angry.

02:50 I can no longer stay silent.

02:52 I am worried. I am worried for the Gazan people,

02:55 for the safety of the children.

02:57 I am worried for our humanity.

02:59 We cannot let the bombing continue.

03:01 We must collectively call for the immediate end of hostilities.

03:07 I stand here to join the growing call for a ceasefire now.

03:11 I appeal to world leaders to pressure for an end to this madness.

03:15 For more UN videos visit: www.un.org/webcast

03:20 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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