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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
No aid entered Gaza Tuesday, US says
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says no trucks have been able to enter Gaza with humanitarian aid today after three consecutive days of convoys totaling roughly 60 trucks being allowed into the enclave through Egypt.
Earlier this week, US envoy David Satterfield said that there would be a “continuous flow” of humanitarian aid into Gaza after Israel blocked any from being allowed in during the first two weeks of the war, fearing that it would be diverted to Hamas.
Asked whether the US is preparing for the possibility of mass evacuations of American citizens in the event that the war widens, Kirby declines to get into specifics but admits that “it would be imprudent and irresponsible if we didn’t have folks thinking through a broad range of contingencies and possibilities, and certainly evacuations are one of those things.”
He adds that the US is not presenting Israel with any red lines with regard to how it carries out its military operations in Gaza, though it is stressing the importance of protecting civilians.
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