The US says Israel has made good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Eight international aid groups say that Israel has failed to meet US demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine.
An Israeli army vehicle stands guard as a truck with gravel moves into the Gaza Strip, as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on November 11.within 30 days, or else it could trigger US laws requiring it to scale back American military support as Israel wages war against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“We are not giving Israel a pass,” Patel said, adding that “we want to see the totality of the humanitarian situation improve.”The United Nations said October had the lowest amount of aid entering Gaza this year, and the territory was receiving “nowhere near what we need to support more than two million Palestinians”.
“We continue to call for the immediate opening of more land routes into Gaza and for the lifting of administrative and physical restrictions within Gaza to efficiently reach the most vulnerable people and areas,” Dujarric said.Palestinians line up to receive aid distributed by UNRWA, the UN agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Nusairat refugee camp, Gaza.
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