Britain, France and Algeria are under U.N. security pressure to comply with a U.S. warning to partially cut off military aid unless the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza is blocked within 30 days. An emergency meeting of the Board of Directors was called.
After months of refusing to use U.S. arms supplies as leverage against Israel, in a tumultuous weekend, the U.S. government sought a commitment to open border crossings that have remained closed since the beginning of the month. . The United Nations aid agency has warned that starving Palestinians are so desperate that they are scavenging in the rubble for food and money.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: “The humanitarian situation in northern Gaza is dire, with access to basic services deteriorating and the United Nations reporting that very little food has arrived in the past two weeks. ” Israel must ensure that civilians are protected and that routes are clear for life-saving aid to pass through. ”
The call to action is claimed to be a legal requirement for the US government to comply with its domestic laws, but concerns about Kamala Harris losing key support in the US presidential election have led to US The move comes amid signs that the position is on the rocks. However, the 30-day deadline that Israel must comply with comes after the Nov. 5 vote.
Past U.S. pressure over aid supplies to Gaza typically led to Israel lifting the blockade, but then, once diplomatic pressure eased, documented tighter bureaucratic aid controls I returned to
A senior Israeli staff officer responded cautiously to US pressure on Tuesday, saying, “We only take orders from the chief of staff and pass them on to division commanders. We will not starve the population here to evacuate it. Outrageous.'' .
He added that despite the fighting over the past two days, the IDF took the unusual step of bringing a convoy of trucks to Jabaliya. “The daily routine of humanitarian work has not changed much,” he said. “Decisions and plans are only made based on the operational plan.”
The US requires at least 350 aid trucks to enter Gaza each day through all four major IDF-controlled crossings. It also requires an appropriate pause in fighting to allow aid to flow, and a written commitment that Israel does not seek to starve Palestinians and drive them out of northern Gaza. The letter, sent to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategy Minister Ron Dermer and signed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, claims there have been recent cuts. The amount of adjuvant that goes into the strip.
COGAT, the Israeli military agency that oversees aid distribution in Gaza, posted on social media on Wednesday that 50 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid, including food, water, medicine and shelter equipment provided by Jordan, were seen passing through the Allenby Bridge intersection. He posted that he was transferred to northern Gaza. and Erez West intersection. It added that 145 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom and Erez intersections.
In March, Israel gave the US a written commitment for aid in response to the National Security Memorandum (NSM) issued by Joe Biden. This memo applies to all recipients of U.S. security assistance.
But relief deliveries have fallen by more than 50% since March, according to a letter sent by Blinken and Austin.
They said the amount of aid flowing into Gaza in September was the lowest of any month in the past year, a figure confirmed at last Thursday's UN Security Council meeting.
The letter also offered an unusual defense of the U.N. Palestinian relief agency, Unruwa, saying that the Israeli government's proposed restrictions on the agency would “crippling the humanitarian response in Gaza at this critical moment, and will “It denies people vital education and social services.” Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem may influence relevant U.S. laws and policies. ”
As part of legislation passed earlier this year, the US is barred from funding Anruwa until March 2025, but the White House said last month that aid would resume “with appropriate safeguards.” He said he supports it.
The U.S. letter does not address allegations that Israel is violating successive orders from the International Court of Justice requiring gradual changes in aid flows.
This demarche shows how the United States is providing contrasting levels of support in the three theaters in which Israel is operating, and in the process may reflect divisions within the U.S. administration. There is a risk of sending mixed messages.
In Lebanon, the United States backed calls for a 21-day ceasefire in September, but then appeared to give the green light to Israeli air and ground strikes following the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. But on Tuesday, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Washington had “made clear that we disagree with the way the campaign has been conducted over the past several weeks.”
The United States also backed European allies enraged by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that the international peacekeeping force Unifil leave its post in southern Lebanon to avoid being caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah. I am doing it. Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni is scheduled to visit Italian military commanders in Lebanon on Friday to confirm Italy's opposition to the withdrawal of UNIFIL forces in the face of the Israeli threat.
In the face of Israeli attacks on Iran, seen as retaliation for Tehran's attack on Israel earlier this month, the United States is sending air defense systems to supplement Israel's ability to protect it from ballistic missile attacks. The supply of the Sad missile system is part of a deal aimed at ensuring that Israel refrains from attacking Iranian economic and nuclear targets, inducing restraint and, in turn, refraining from further retaliation against Iran. There is a possibility that they could be persuaded to do so, which could bring the entire region closer together. Towards all-out war.
