Eight senators sent a letter to US President, Joe Biden, urging him to stop supplying weapons to Israel that \u201cinterferes with US humanitarian assistance\u201d,\u00a0Anadolu Agency<\/i>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and seven Democrats said, Monday, in the letter that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu government\u2019s interference with humanitarian operations has prevented US aid from reaching its intended recipients in a safe and timely manner.<\/p>\n
The senators stressed that Netanyahu government\u2019s interference in US humanitarian operations violates the Humanitarian Aid Corridor Act.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo assistance shall be furnished under this chapter or the Arms Export Control Act to any country when it is made known to the President that the government of such country prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiving this reality, we urge you to make it clear to the Netanyahu government that failure to immediately and dramatically expand humanitarian access and facilitate safe aid deliveries throughout Gaza will lead to serious consequences, as specified under existing US law,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n
The senators noted that the severe humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the Gaza Strip is \u201cnearly unprecedented\u201d in modern history.<\/p>\n
Israel has waged a retaliatory offensive against Gaza since a cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October. The offensive has killed nearly 31,200 Palestinians and injured more than 72,900 amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.<\/p>\n
Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Palestinian enclave, leaving its population, particularly residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of starvation.<\/p>\n
The Israeli war has pushed 85 per cent of Gaza\u2019s population into internal displacement amid a crippling blockade of most food, clean water and medicine, while 60 per cent of the enclave\u2019s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.<\/p>\n
Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An\u00a0interim ruling\u00a0in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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