CARICOM Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

CARIBBEAN – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called for an immediate ceasefire from fighting between Israel and Palestine.

In a statement last evening, the 15-member regional integration group expressed “horror and concern at the mounting death toll on the civilian population” in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The war, which began on October 7th, has resulted in the deaths of over 11,000 people in Gaza, the majority children.

Apart from demanding a ceasefire, CARICOM also called for the release of over 200 hostages, who were kidnapped by Hamas militants when fighting began.