US threatens Israel with cutting arms deliveries
Israel needs to take a series of steps to ensure humanitarian aid to Gaza or face cuts to military assistance, the US has said Read Full Article at RT.com
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Humanitarian aid needs to reach Gaza within 30 days or some military shipments will stop, Washington said
The Pentagon and the State Department have alerted Israel that unless the humanitarian situation in Gaza improves within 30 days, the US might have to halt further deliveries of military aid.
The US has given Israel nearly $18 billion worth of weapons, ammunition and other assistance since the war between Hamas and Israel erupted in October 2023. Such aid is contingent on compliance with international law and international humanitarian law, officials said.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a letter to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer on Monday, alerting them that the deliveries of humanitarian aid to Gaza have drastically decreased and giving them 30 days to implement “concrete measures” to improve the situation.
“Failure to demonstrate a sustained commitment to implementing and maintaining these measures may have implications for US policy under NSM-20 and relevant US law,” Blinken and Austin wrote. NSM-20 is a memorandum issued by President Joe Biden in February 2023, which says that recipients of American weapons must provide “credible and reliable written assurances” that they would respect international law.
