Palestinian authorities criticize U.S. for bahaving like “a weak marginal country unable to secure the entry of aid”
In a statement posted on X today, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates criticized the U.S. for what it characterized as an unwillingness to use its leverage with Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“America behaves as a weak marginal country unable to secure the entry of aid to the hungry in the Gaza Strip,” the statement said.
It went on to convey the ministry’s “extreme surprise at the weakness” of the U.S. “towards what the Palestinian civilians are exposed to,” and said the actions of the U.S. “are not befitting of a great power that is capable if it wants, to force Israel to protect the Palestinian civilians and provide for their humanitarian needs.”
The statement comes after the U.S. said it will begin airdropping aid into Gaza, a stop-gap measure aid agencies have criticized.
“Airdrops do not and cannot substitute for humanitarian access,” the International Rescue Committee said yesterday. “That airdrops are even being considered is testament to the serious access challenges in Gaza, where over half a million people are facing famine conditions.”
U.S. Central Command and Houthis exchange fire
CENTCOM, the U.S Central Command, conducted strikes against a “surface-to-air missile that was prepared to launch from Houthi controlled areas of Yemen towards the Red Sea” yesterday, saying it presented an “imminent threat” to aircraft.
It was unclear if the strikes resulted in casualties.
In response, Houthi militants launched an anti-ship ballistic missileninto the Red Sea, CENTCOM said, although no damage or casualties were reported.
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