‘Horrible and unacceptable’: US, UN warn Israel over ‘famine policy’ in Gaza

US and UN officials warned Israel on Wednesday not to use “starvation policies” in the Gaza Strip, which Israel denies it is doing. This is the first time that Washington has warned its ally so clearly, following the letter sent by the US Secretaries of State and Defense, Anthony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, to the Israeli government, calling on it to improve humanitarian access to the Palestinian enclave under threat of suspension of some of the military aid it receives. Yesterday, during a new meeting of the UN Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield raised the tone: “We have clearly informed the Israeli government, at the highest level, that it will have to do more to settle the unacceptable and devastating humanitarian crisis”. “The Israeli government has stated that it is not its policy that food and other vital supplies will not be cut off (from […]
Source: News Beast

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