US senators call on Biden to leverage military funding to Israel to get aid into Gaza

A group of US senators, led by Bernie Sanders, Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley, sent a letter to President Biden calling on him to use federal law to force Israel to stop restricting humanitarian aid to Gaza or lose US military aid.

The letter states that Israel's interference in US aid operations in Gaza is in violation of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

“The United States should not provide military assistance to any country that interferes with US humanitarian assistance,” the senators wrote.

“Federal law is clear, and, given the urgency of the crisis in Gaza, and the repeated refusal of Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu to address US concerns on this issue, immediate action is necessary to secure a change in policy by his government.”