Vice President Kamala Harris echoed an increasing number of Democrats calling for a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war, putting pressure on Hamas to accept a deal amid what she described as a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

“People in Gaza are starving, conditions inhumane, and our common humanity compels us to act,” Harris told a crowd Sunday in Selma, Alabama. “Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table.”