World News in Brief: UN aid chief on Rafah, Gaza fuel shortage, rising hunger in Haiti

Global uproar calling for an end to the Israeli incursion in Rafah “has grown too loud to ignore”, UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Martin Griffiths said on Friday, in a fresh appeal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages.

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World News in Brief: UN aid chief on Rafah, Gaza fuel shortage, rising hunger in Haiti

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