The president of the United States has dropped the possibility of opening a maritime corridor to facilitate the entry of aid, and has promised that he will insist that Israel also facilitate the entry of more trucks.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, announced this Friday the next air drop of packages with food and medicine in the Gaza Strip and has dropped the possibility of opening a maritime corridor to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave.
“The aid that is flowing to Gaza is not enough. There are innocent lives at stake. There are children’s lives at stake,” said the president at the start of a meeting at the White House with the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.
During his announcement, however, Biden has been confused and has mentioned Ukraine when he was referring to Gaza. “In the coming days, we will join our friends in Jordan and others to provide airdrops of food and supplies for Ukraine (sic). We will look to open other avenues into Ukraine (sic), including the possibility of a sea corridor to deliver large quantities of food,” he said.
The American president has promised that he will insist that Israel also facilitate the entry of more trucks and the opening of new land routes for the entry of humanitarian aid to the enclave. “There should be hundreds of trucks, not just a few. I will not stand still. We are trying to do everything we can to get more assistance,” he said.
Likewise, Biden has said that he hopes that an agreement will be reached “soon” for the release of captives held by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and a six-week ceasefire that allows aid to enter the entire Strip.
Source: Eitb
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