The US would provide US$100 million in new funding for humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank. Read more at straitstimes.com.
People gather around bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza after they were transported to Al-Shifa hopsital, on Oct 17, 2023.Protesters shout slogans and light flares during a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people outside the US Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey, on Oct 18, 2023.People injured in an Israeli bombing are treated at a hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Oct 18, 2023.
Lior Haiat, spokesperson for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said on social media platform X that at the hospital “several dozen people were apparently killed”, a much lower toll than reported by Palestinian officials. Mr Biden told reporters that Sisi agreed to open the Rafah crossing from Egypt to Gaza to allow about 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the enclave, where people are desperately short of food, water, fuel and other essentials after Israel unleashed a blockade and air strikes 12 days ago.
Mr Biden was due to speak from the White House at 8pm ET on Thursday about the US response to Hamas’ attacks against Israel and Russia’s war against Ukraine, the White House said. Also on Thursday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was due to visit Israel. Israel reiterated it would not allow in aid through an Israeli crossing until Hamas released about 200 hostages seized during its cross-border attack on Israel on Oct 7. Militants killed about 1,400 Israelis in the assault.
“What sets us apart from the terrorists is we believe in the fundamental dignity of every human life,” Biden said. If that was not respected, “then the terrorists win”.
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