Israeli officials, following an ultimatum on arms supplies from the United States, promise to quickly improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, reports the Axios portal, citing sources.
On Tuesday, Israeli television's Channel 12 reported that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a letter to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Strategic Planning Minister Ron Dermer threatening to impose an arms embargo on Israel if there is a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip will not be resolved in a month.
“Israeli officials are assuring their counterparts in the United States that Israel will act quickly to improve the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza due to the Biden administration’s ultimatum,” a post on the portal’s website reads.
According to one of the Israeli officials, the country takes this problem very seriously and will “respond to the concerns” of its American colleagues.
The U.S. letter comes amid the recent U.S. decision to deploy a battery of THAAD high-altitude and trans-atmospheric interception missile defense systems to Israel, which will be operated and maintained by the U.S. military. The THAAD complex is an extra-atmospheric ballistic missile interceptor that should help Israel more successfully repel potential attacks from Iran.
Israel has been repeatedly accused of obstructing the delivery of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip and imposing severe restrictions on the transport of humanitarian supplies. However, the Jewish state denies these claims, publishing reports according to which more than 900 thousand tons of humanitarian aid were brought into the Palestinian enclave in less than a year.
