A State Department spokesman admitted that Hamas could steal humanitarian aid sent to the Gaza Strip Thursday, but still demanded Israel allow the aid to go in.
Hamas carried out a deadly terrorist attack on multiple locations in southern Israel Oct. 7, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages. President Joe Biden announced $100 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza on Wednesday.
“We want to see sustained humanitarian assistance going into Gaza for the benefit of innocent civilians,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said during a Thursday press briefing. “The exact discussions about how we implement that are exactly what Ambassador [David] Satterfield is engaged in right now, so I wouldn’t want to get ahead of those discussions. But it is our—our intention, our goal and what we’re working to secure is ongoing assistance to innocent civilians.”
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency posted on X that […]
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