US President Joe Biden has said reaching a six-week ceasefire deal in Gaza before the start of Ramadan is “looking tough”.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has denied that US aid airdrops caused civilian casualties in Gaza on Friday. Palestinian officials reported that five people were killed and several others were wounded when boxes of aid fell on them by mistake. Footage showed dozens of people running around as the boxes were dropped.
The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron, revealed earlier that the UK had been involved in the new maritime corridor “from the start” and had been “helping with the pre-screening of aid”.
However, despite welcoming the US development, he urged Israel to open its own port of Ashdod which could be used to deliver aid while the port is built, describing the lack of aid getting into Gaza as “frustrating”.
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US President Joe Biden has said reaching a six-week ceasefire deal in Gaza before the start of Ramadan is “looking tough”.
“We’re working intensely on it, and we’ll see what they do,” Mr Blinken added ahead of a meeting with Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan on Friday.
Countries including the US, the UK and Jordan have dropped aid packages into Gaza by air as the territory faces a worsening humanitarian catastrophe.
The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Cameron, revealed earlier that the UK had been involved in the new maritime corridor “from the start” and had been “helping with the pre-screening of aid”.
At least 20 people have died from malnutrition and dehydration at the north’s Kamal Adwan and Shifa hospitals, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s 7 October attacks, in which some 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were abducted.
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