The U.S. will not change its policy on arms transfers to Israel even though the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip remains dire, the State Department said Tuesday, the deadline the White House set for Israel to ramp up access to aid in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters the decision came as “Israel has taken a number of steps” outlined in a letter from Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to Israeli counterparts last month. “We continue to be in discussion with Israel about the steps they took and other steps they need to take,” he said.

An average of just over 30 trucks a day have been let into Gaza in recent weeks, representing “just over six percent of the daily needs,” according to Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.

  • @Crashumbc
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    012 hours ago

    These comments are hysterical. Do some of you actually think Gaza affected the elections in any way? The average American was focused on shit here in the US.

    Outside of self important echo chambers like here, most Americans while sympathetic to Gaza, were 99% focused on the economy, supporting/stopping Trump, or their personal issues.

    And now? Every American with common sense is just focused on surviving and hoping they’ll actually BE elections in 4 years…

    If Trump even does a third of the shit he wants to. The US will collapse into a third world country or become the next Reich.

    • @IndustryStandardOP
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      Yes. The genocide killed any progressive momentum for the Democrats. Harris popularity went through the roof in polling when she was appointed. People thought she might be willing to stop the genocide back then. And stand for something.

      Blaming it all on the economy is such cope.