Washington, a month after President Joe Biden’s administration threatened to withhold some military support, announced on Tuesday ( Nov 12 ) that Israel was not breaking US law regarding the amount of aid entering Gaza.
Last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a letter to Israel warning the country about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and establishing a Nov. 13 deadline to cooperate with US laws allowing humanitarian aid.
When questioned about whether Israel had fulfilled the demands, Vedant Patel, a spokeswoman for the State Department, said,” we have not determined whether they are in violation of US rules.” “
” The nevertheless charitable position in Gaza continues to be inadequate. However, it’s not about whether we find someone sufficient or not in the letter’s environment; it’s what are the behavior that we’re seeing.
” These deeds that we have seen, we think that these are steps in the right direction,” he said.
” We want to see more ways. We want to see these actions carried out over a significant period of time, and we want to view the circumstance improved as a result. “