Published October 19, 2023
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told Newsmax Thursday that President Joe Biden’s proposed $100 million aid package to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza will not “make it” to the people who need the help.
“We would be very concerned that this would end up in Hamas’ hands,” Blackburn said during “Wake Up America” Thursday. “We know that even in the last week, as medical supplies, food, fuel has gone into Gaza that it has been intercepted by Hamas, and they are using it for the troops. It is not making it to people who were in need of humanitarian aid.”
Biden announced the aid package during a trip to Israel Wednesday
President Biden announced today that the United States is providing $100 million in humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank,” the White House said in a press release. “This funding will help support over a million displaced and conflict-affected people with clean water, food, hygiene support, medical care, and other essential needs.
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SOURCE: https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/blackburn-biden-hamas/2023/10/19/id/1138906/
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President Biden said the U.S. secured a deal with Egypt and Israel to send humanitarian aid into Gaza as Israel’s military said it was preparing forces for the next stages of war.
President Joe Biden in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
Published October 19, 2023
President Biden announced that the U.S. would send $100 million in humanitarian assistance for Gaza and the West Bank. “This money will support more than 1 million displaced and conflict-affected Palestinians, including emergency needs in Gaza,” Biden said during a speech Wednesday in Israel. A U.S. official said the aid would come from existing funding already approved by Congress.
The president warned Hamas not to steal or divert the humanitarian aid that countries around the world are funneling into the region. Biden said that he would later this week send to Congress a request for an “unprecedented” aid package for Israel.
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SOURCE: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-biden/card/u-s-to-send-100-million-in-humanitarian-assistance-for-gaza-west-bank-haFpgFKa45grws0tP4sG
RELATED: U.S.-approved aid faces steep hurdles to reach desperate Gazans
Humanitarian aid provided by the United Nations is loaded onto a UAE military-transport aircraft at Dubai International Airport before departure for Cairo on Thursday. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images)
Published October 19, 2023
The announcement that President Biden has secured a deal to allow aid into Gaza has been hailed as a humanitarian breakthrough — but it still faces steep hurdles to reach the Palestinians in need.
Biden told reporters Wednesday that up to 20 trucks of aid from Egypt would be allowed into the besieged enclave, once potholes along the road and damage from Israeli airstrikes were repaired. Humanitarian officials warned, however, that a host of issues have yet to be resolved before the lives of the besieged inhabitants of Gaza are improved.
“Okay, it’s something,” said Yousef Hammash, a father of two, by telephone from Gaza. “At least we have it. Now we have to have a truce to distribute it. How are they going to do it under bombardment?”
The Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Hamas, has been under Israeli blockade for 16 years, leaving most of its 2.3 million residents dependent on aid before the current conflict. Those deliveries stopped entirely when Israeli and Egyptian border crossings into Gaza were closed after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, and the territory’s health system is now on the verge of collapse as thousands of casualties pour into hospitals that no longer have enough medical supplies to treat them.
