11/12/2024

Aid Groups Say Israel Failed to Meet U.S. Aid Demands to Ease Gaza Catastrophe

For more than a month, Israeli forces have been pushing deeper into north Gaza

International aid groups said that Israel had failed to meet a series of U.S. demands intended to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza by a Tuesday deadline.

The United States told its ally Israel in a letter on Oct. 13 that it must take steps to improve the aid situation within 30 days. If not, it could face potential restrictions on U.S. military aid.

"Israel not only failed to meet the U.S. criteria that would indicate support to the humanitarian response, but concurrently took actions that dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly in Northern Gaza," a group of eight aid groups including Oxfam, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council said in 19-page report.

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