“We will ensure and increase this assistance immediately […], including food, medicine, clean water,” Mr. Biden said after signing into law massive military aid to Israel and Ukraine, which also included $1 billion. dollars (935.8 million euros) in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
“Israel must ensure that all this aid reaches the Palestinians in Gaza immediately,” he said.
US-Israeli relations have been strained by Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to send troops to the southern Palestinian city of Rafah, where 1.5 million people are taking refuge. people, many of them in temporary camps.
On Wednesday, Israel said it was “moving forward” with its planned operation in Rafah.
“This bill significantly, significantly increases the humanitarian aid that we send to the innocent people of Gaza who are suffering greatly,” Mr. Biden said.
“They are suffering the consequences of this war that Hamas has started, and we have been working hard for months to get as much aid as possible to Gaza,” the US president said.
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