JERUSALEM/Xinhua
The White House has informed Israel that the United States will stop arms transfers within 30 days unless Israel allows desperately needed humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, Israeli state Kan television reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, in a letter from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, US officials They warned that if Israel did not allow further humanitarian aid deliveries and ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, sanctions on arms transfers could be imposed under US law.
The letter was sent following concerns that Israel is not meeting its obligations under international humanitarian law in northern Gaza, the report said.
Since last October, aid deliveries to the enclave, including food, water, gas, fuel and medicine, have been restricted, particularly in northern Gaza, where famine has spread, according to the United Nations (UN). ).
Israel’s airstrikes and ground raids in Gaza have killed at least 42,344 people and injured 99,013, according to updated data released today by Gaza health authorities.
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