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US presses Israel to allow Gaza aid, and threatens to withhold arms

today16 October, 2024

Background

The United States is demanding Israel boost aid access to Gaza, and warns failure to do so would risk cutting off some US military assistance. In a letter, the Biden administration instructed its Middle East ally to act “within 30 days” on a series of concrete measures, expressing “deep concern” about the “deteriorating humanitarian situation” in the war-torn Palestinian territory. As Benji Hyer reports.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen