Aid groups say Israel misses US deadline to boost humanitarian help for Gaza

US takes no action as deadline passes for Israel to meet Gaza’s humanitarian needs

In October, the Biden administration gave Israel 30 days to increase aid or risk cuts to military assistance.

China calls on Israeli occupation to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid access to Gaza

New York, SANA- China called on the Israeli occupation to lift the restrictions imposed on the access of humanitarian aid to Gaza and to stop using this aid as a “bargaining chip” as the already dire humanitarian situation there is rapidly deteriorating. Xinhua quoted China’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Fu Cong as saying in a speech at UN Security Council on the issue of food security in Gaza that “humanitarian issues cannot be…

North Gaza: Israel has blocked or delayed 85% of Humanitarian Aid Requests, says UN

( Middle East Monitor ) – The United Nations reported that 85 per cent of its requests to coordinate aid convoys and humanitarian access to northern Gaza were either blocked or delayed by Israeli authorities in the past month. According to UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) submitted 98 access requests for passage through a checkpoint in the Gaza Valley, but only 15 were approved…

US sidesteps own 30-day deadline for Israel to improve Gaza aid

State Department spokesman says some progress has been made, but aid groups dispute US findings.

US sidesteps its own deadline for Israel to improve Gaza aid

The Biden administration sidestepped its own 30-day deadline for Israel to provide significantly more humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip or face a weapons cutoff, saying progress has been made despite aid groups warning of a looming famine. ...