AOC leads Democrats urging Biden to call for Gaza ceasefire over children’s rights

Exclusive: Twenty-four representatives led by Ocasio-Cortez, Pocan and McCollum express deep concern about intensifying war' in letter

Twenty-four Democrats in Congress have urged Joe Biden to end grave violations of children's rights" by pushing for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

In a letter to the US president seen by the Guardian, representatives led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Betty McCollum of Minnesota say at least 4,500 children have been killed and at least 1,700 reported missing during Israel's withering offensive.