According to the US, Israel has not broken the legislation prohibiting aid blockades in Gaza

After giving Israel a 30-day ultimatum to increase humanitarian aid access in Gaza or face the possibility of certain military aid being cut off, the US claims that Israel has not violated US regulations prohibiting aid supply blockages.

Israel has taken many actions to meet its demands to increase supplies into Gaza, officials said Tuesday, but more work needs to be done.

Vedant Patel, a spokeswoman for the State Department, mentioned that a new land crossing had opened and that deliveries were starting up in the north, but he did not state that any had reached the besieged Jabalia refugee camp.

The UN has cautioned that the amount of aid entering Gaza is at its lowest level in a year, notwithstanding the US assertions.

In northern Gaza, where very little help has arrived in the last month, a UN-backed assessment recently warned that hunger was approaching.

International crimes are being committed in Gaza, according to Joyce Msuya, the acting under secretary general for humanitarian affairs at the United Nations.

Ms. Msuya informed council members at the UN on Tuesday that Israeli officials were preventing aid from reaching North Gaza, where violence is still going on.

75,000 people are still there, she claimed, and supplies are running low.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offered Israel a 30-day ultimatum last month to guarantee that additional relief trucks arrived in Gaza every day. Tuesday was the last day of that deadline.

The Israeli government was urged in a letter to stop isolating the besieged north, where help groups warn that civilians are being starved amid Israel’s military offensive.

According to eight humanitarian relief organizations, things have gotten worse since the letter was sent.

However, Tuesday’s US response suggests that Washington would keep arming its friend in spite of mounting concerns from humanitarian organizations regarding the deaths and displacement of civilians caused by Israel’s attack on the north.

But according to the Israeli military, it has been suppressing a Hamas comeback in the area.

Israel claims to have significantly boosted the amount of aid entering Gaza and charges humanitarian organizations with not distributing it effectively.

Food and water arrived at shelters in Beit Hanoun, which was under siege for almost a month, on Monday, but Israeli soldiers forcibly evicted residents on Tuesday, according to Ms. Msuya.

Kehris, Ilze, assistant The pattern and regularity of Israel’s assaults, according to the UN secretary general for human rights, point to a deliberate targeting of civilians.

US weaponry provided to Israel to aid in the fight against Hamas were largely responsible for the deaths and devastation.

After Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage, Israel began a battle to eradicate the organization.

Since then, Gaza’s health ministry, which is governed by Hamas, has said that over 43,000 people have died there.