Failing this, the United States threatened to suspend part of its military assistance to Israel.
The spokesperson declined to say how the United States would assess Israel’s compliance with US demands, or when such an assessment would be made when the deadline expires on November 13.
U.S. law requires that recipients of U.S. military aid not “arbitrarily” refuse or obstruct the delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid.
The outgoing Biden administration’s room for maneuver is, however, very limited given Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday in the presidential election, while the Republican accuses the American president of putting pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The letter discussed, for example, the need for Israel to let in up to 350 humanitarian aid trucks per day, to open a fifth crossing point into the Gaza Strip and to limit evacuation orders to what is strictly necessary. . On Tuesday, some 229 trucks were able to return to Gaza, according to Matthew Miller.
