Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that the changes must occur within 30 days.
A similar letter that Blinken sent to Israeli officials in April led to more humanitarian assistance getting to the Palestinian territory, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Tuesday. But that has not lasted.
“In fact, it’s fallen by over 50% from where it was at its peak," Miller said at a briefing. "So the secretary, along with Secretary Austin, thought it was appropriate to make clear to the government of Israel that there are changes that they need to make again, to see that the level of assistance making it into Gaza comes back up from the very, very low levels that it is at today.”
An Israeli official confirmed a letter had been delivered but did not discuss the contents. That official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a diplomatic matter, confirmed the U.S. had raised “humanitarian concerns” and was putting pressure on Israel to speed up the flow of aid into Gaza.
The Biden-Harris threat to the Jewish state comes as Israel continues its battle to ensure the Hamas terrorists who control Gaza never again carry out the kind of massacre of Israeli citizens that occurred on October 7th last year.
Hamas is not Israel's only problem. They are also dealing with the Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon and the Islamic regime in Iran which funds these terrorists groups.
