US Warns Israel Must Improve Gaza Aid to Keep Getting Arms
- Blinken and Austin cite an ‘increasingly dire’ situation
- Letter notes law barring weapons if humanitarian aid is denied
Palestinians walk past a pile of garbage in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Oct. 13.
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The Biden administration warned Israel that it must improve an “increasingly dire” humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip within 30 days, suggesting the US may be compelled by law to cut the flow of US weapons if the situation doesn’t improve.
The warning came from Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a joint letter dated Oct. 13 that was addressed to Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.