US Will Not Limit Israel Arms Transfers After Gaza Aid Deadline Passes

Published on November 13, 2024

Israel has made some good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and therefore the United States will not limit arms transfers to the country, the U.S. State Department said in a Nov. 12 statement. Last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned in an Oct. 13 letter that U.S. support for Israel could be impacted if humanitarian conditions don’t improve in the Gaza Strip. “We’ve seen some steps being taken over the past 30 days. Specifically, we have seen the reopening of the Erez crossing. We have seen a new crossing at Kissufim open. As it relates to the Jordanian armed forces corridor, we have seen a waivement of certain customs requirement that humanitarian organizations had previously said was an obstacle,” State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters on Tuesday....

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