Nave Shoham, 8, a released Israeli hostage, interacts with an Israeli soldier shortly after his arrival in Israel on November 25, after being held hostage by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at an unknown location in Israel, in this handout picture released by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office on November 26, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister's Office/Handout via REUTERS
The prime ministers of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand expressed their support for immediate international efforts to bring about a long-lasting truce in Gaza in a joint statement on Tuesday.
“The shrinking area of safety in Gaza for people worries us. All Palestinian citizens’ ongoing suffering cannot be the price of defeating Hamas, the statement read.
They stressed that a truce could not be unilateral and that Hamas had to free all of its hostages and quit using Palestinian civilians as human shields.
