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US pressures Israel to allow humanitarian aid to reach Gaza if it wants to continue receiving arms

In the most serious warning to its ally in the entire war, the United States sent a letter to the Israeli government last Sunday giving it one month to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza if it continued receiving weapons. Wants a war that has resulted in the death of more than 42,000 people in the strip. Washington is stepping up pressure at a time when, in addition to Lebanon, Israel has launched a major offensive in northern Gaza while carrying out intense bombardments in the southern part of the Palestinian territory.

The United States demands a minimum of 350 trucks per day (about 500 trucks were delivered every day before the war) as well as the opening of new crossings through which aid can reach. He also expresses concern about the campaign by Jewish state authorities to dismantle UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which is the main aid agency for Gazans on the ground.

The letter from United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Israel must take “concrete measures” in 30 days. “Failure to demonstrate a sustained commitment to the implementation and maintenance of these measures could impact US policy,” he said, warning of possible consequences, including arms supplies.

According to the text, the situation in Gaza is “increasingly critical”, and the Joe Biden-led government is “particularly concerned about recent actions by the Israeli government, including blocking commercial imports, including the rejection or prevention of approximately 90% of them.” “The beginning of humanitarian movements between North and South Gaza in September.” Blinken and Austin also recall that after Israel’s promise to meet its obligations last March, flows have decreased by about 50%.

Various humanitarian organizations have been condemning for months what they say is the use of hunger as a weapon of war, which has increased the malnutrition levels of the population, who are, for the most part, living amid constant displacement orders issued by soldiers. Remains displaced. According to international humanitarian law, capture is illegal.

In the past few hours, Israel has announced the entry of 30 trucks into the northern area of ​​the Strip, where, according to the United Nations, about 400,000 people still live despite Israel’s efforts to expel them because it believes That they are at war in the area. Indeed, in the past two weeks of attacks, huge numbers of dead and injured have accumulated, drawing warnings from the United Nations and humanitarian organizations as well as the local Hamas government.