US envoy thanks PM for reopening Allenby Crossing for Gaza aid in Jerusalem meeting

By Jacob Magid

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8 December 2025, 6:35 pm

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz (L) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on December 8, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met earlier today with US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz to discuss the advancement of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan to its second phase.

During the Jerusalem meeting, “Waltz welcomed Israel’s cooperation on expanding border crossings, including the Allenby-King Hussein Bridge crossing, for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and emphasized the importance of continued collaboration to address regional stability,” says a US readout.

Israel stopped allowing Gaza aid in through the Jordan-West Bank crossing in September after a driver ferrying assistance to the Strip opened fire at Israeli soldiers at the gate, killing two of them.