US President Biden calls out Israel over aid situation in Gaza, announces temporary port plan to stop famine
Israel in its “right to defend", has now called out the Benjamin Netanyahu government for orchestrating an impending famine in the Palestinians enclave. Israel's military campaign against Hamas fighters has devastated the Gaza Strip and plunged its 2.3 million people into a humanitarian catastrophe. The world has accused the Benjamin Netanyahu Government of genocide as Gaza's death toll crossed 30,000 in the fifth month of inflated war.
During his State of the Union address, US President Joe Biden had said, “To Israel, I say this: humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip. Protecting and saving innocent lives has to be priority". “As we look to the future, the only real solution to the situation is a two-state solution over time." Biden stated, much to Israel's dismay.
“Nearly two million more Palestinians under bombardment or displaced, homes destroyed, neighborhoods in rubble, cities in ruin, families without food, water, medicine. It’s heartbreaking," Biden said on Thursday night, declaring that the US was leading humanitarian relief efforts. “Tonight, I’m directing the US military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast that can receive large ships carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters," the president said.
Biden promised “no US boots will be on the ground", and said, “This temporary pier would enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into Gaza every day." Biden also warned Israel that it “must also do its part." “We are not waiting on the Israelis. This is a moment for American leadership," Guardian quoted a senior official in the US government. Most of the aid to Gaza
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