By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA (Reuters) -The Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the largest independent aid groups working in Gaza, said President Donald Trump’s plan to increase aid to starving people as part of a ceasefire will fail unless all aid groups can resume operations.

“The desperation is deeper and the exhaustion is greater than anyone can imagine inside Gaza…It’s not enough with some U.N. agencies and some few NGOs,” Jan Egeland, NRC head, told Reuters in an interview via video link from Oslo.

“If not, the Trump peace plan will not succeed…We don’t have time for more bureaucratic obstacles.”

Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday rejoiced after Trump announced that a ceasefire and hostage deal was reached under the first phase of his plan to end the two-year war in Gaza.

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