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Blinken dismissed US report that concluded Israel deliberately blocked Gaza aid
24 September 2024 23:27 BST
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department’s refugees bureau concluded in April that Israel was deliberately blocking aid to Gaza, according to a report by the news site, ProPublica.
In a 17-page memo sent to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, USAID documented several examples of Israel blocking aid into the besieged Gaza Strip - including Israel killing aid workers, destroying agricultural structures, bombing ambulances and hospitals, and flat-out turning away trucks filled with food and medicine.
The report was dismissed by Blinken who told Congress a month later that the US did not assess Israel was blocking US aid shipments to Gaza.
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USAID, State Department bureau concluded Israel deliberately blocked Gaza aid: Report
