Oxfam: Gaza truce no more than a 'band aid'

Oxfam has welcomed the news of a truce between Hamas and Israel but has warned that it is only a "band aid" that will not resolve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

Oxfam GB’s head of policy and advocacy, Katy Chakrabortty, said she hoped that the agreement could be the beginning of " a road toward a permanent ceasefire" but said that currently looked "distant".

“This pause of the relentless bombing and destruction that is causing such suffering to more than two million Palestinians is a welcome respite for the delivery of some humanitarian aid – but no more than that," she said in a statement.

"The next four days will be eaten up by a desperate emergency effort that can offer only very limited relief, not equal to the size of suffering and destruction and ultimately with no sustainability. This is a band-aid that will be ripped off a bleeding wound after four days."