US says Israel hasn’t breached its law against blocking aid in Gaza

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US says ******* hasn’t breached its law against blocking aid in Gaza

The US says ******* has not breached ********* laws on blocking aid supplies, after a 30-day deadline it gave ******* to boost humanitarian aid access in Gaza or risk having some military assistance cut off lapsed.

Officials said on Tuesday that ******* has taken a number of steps to address its demands to surge supplies into Gaza, but added that more progress must be made.

State Department spokesman Vedant Patel cited the opening of a new land crossing, and deliveries resuming in the north – although he did not say any had entered the besieged Jabalia ******** camp.

Despite the US claims, the UN has warned that the amount of aid getting into Gaza is at its lowest level in a year.

A UN-backed report recently warned that there was an imminent likelihood of famine in northern Gaza, where hardly any aid has entered in the past month.

Joyce Msuya, the ******* Nations acting under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, said international ******* were being committed in Gaza.

Ms Msuya briefed council members at the ******* Nations on Tuesday, reporting that ******** authorities were blocking humanitarian assistance from entering North Gaza, where fighting continues.

She said 75,000 people remain there with dwindling supplies.

Last month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave ******* 30 days to ensure more aid trucks reached Gaza daily. That deadline expired on Tuesday.

A letter sent to the ******** government demanded the country end the isolation of the besieged north, where aid groups warn that civilians are being starved amid *******’s military offensive.

A group of eight humanitarian aid agencies said

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But the US reaction on Tuesday indicates that Washington will continue to supply weapons to its ally, despite growing warnings from aid groups about civilians being ******* and displaced by *******’s ******** on the north.

The ******** military, however, said it has been routing a ****** resurgence in the region.

******* says it has substantially increased the amount of aid getting into Gaza, and accuses aid agencies of failing adequately to distribute it.

In Beit Hanoun, which was besieged for more than a month, Ms Msuya said food and water reached shelters Monday only for ******** soldiers to forcibly displace people from those areas Tuesday.

Ilze Kehris, assistant secretary general for human rights at the UN, said the pattern and frequency of *******’s attacks suggest systematic targeting of civilians.

Much of the ****** and destruction was caused by US weapons, given to ******* in order the help the ****** ******.

******* launched a campaign to ******** ****** after the group’s ******* in southern ******* on 7 October 2023, which left about 1,200 people *****; 251 others were taken ********.

Since then, more than 43,000 people have been ******* in Gaza, according to the territory’s ******-run health ministry.

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