US Will Not Limit Israel Arms Transfers After Gaza Aid Deadline Passes

The State Department said Israel has made some progress in improving aid flow to Gaza but relief groups say conditions there have worsened.

Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid wait to cross the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, on Sept. 9, 2024. Amr Nabil/AP Photo

Israel has made some good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and therefore the United States will not limit arms transfers to the country, the State Department said in a Nov. 12 statement.

Last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned in an Oct. 13 letter that U.S. support for Israel could be affected if humanitarian conditions did not improve in the Gaza Strip.