White House says ‘good progress’ being made on Gaza aid, but ‘it’s still not enough’

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre opens today’s press conference by noting that more than 1,000 trucks of humanitarian aid have gone into Gaza over the past several days.

“That’s good progress, but it’s still not enough, and we hope to see the progress continue and accelerate,” she says, noting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still has to implement pledges to open the Ashdod port for maritime aid deliveries, open another crossing into northern Gaza and expand the amount of aid for Gaza from Jordan.

Despite the progress she describes, Jean-Pierre is peppered with questions from unimpressed reporters, demanding to know why US President Joe Biden is not doing more to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, with the topic again taking up the overwhelming majority of foreign policy questions.