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Friday, March 1, 2024
‘No excuses’: Biden raps Israel for lack of aid entering Gaza
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Joe Biden meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
US President Joe Biden raps Israel for the lack of humanitarian aid entering Gaza in remarks to the press ahead of his Oval Office meeting with visiting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
“In addition to expanding deliveries by land, as I said, we’re going to insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need. No excuses.”
“Aid flowing to Gaza is nowhere near enough… Innocent lives are on the line and children’s lives are on the line,” Biden continues. “We should be getting hundreds of trucks in, not just several. And I won’t stand by, we won’t let up and we’re… trying to pull out every stop we can to get more assistance in.”
