Vice President Kamala Harris says it is urgent to send humanitarian aid to the Strip
The vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, has demanded that the six-week ceasefire that Israel and the Palestinians are negotiating for Gaza be applied “without delay”, according to Efe. Joe Biden’s number two has acknowledged that the images seen from the Strip are bleak: “We have seen women giving birth to malnourished children with almost no medical assistance and children dying of hunger and thirst.” “The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. There are no excuses,” he added.
Harris will meet with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz to press for a temporary truce
Harris is scheduled to meet today at the White House with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, to whom he will reiterate Washington’s position to put in place the temporary cease-fire to bring more humanitarian aid to Gaza and release Israeli hostages in power of Hamas. According to the United States, Israel had “more or less” accepted a proposed six-week truce, but the Israeli government did not send a delegation to the talks that resumed in Cairo on Sunday, and which were attended by representatives of Hamas , Qatar and the United States. Israel refused to go to Cairo after Hamas refused to provide a list of hostages still alive and to specify how many Palestinian prisoners it must hand over for each of the captives held in the Palestinian enclave.
The United States is increasing humanitarian aid airdrops this week
The United States this week stepped up humanitarian aid deliveries by airdropping some 38,000 rations as it waits for Israel and the Palestinians to commit to a six-week ceasefire before the start of Ramadan , on March 10. This weekend, thousands of citizens demonstrated in several cities in the United States in favor of Palestine and to demand changes in the country’s foreign policy, after the death, on Thursday, of more than a hundred civilians near the Gaza City by Israeli fire. The crowd was shot at while trying to get sacks of flour at a humanitarian aid drop-off point.