An extremist Israeli group for months has been blocking life-saving aid earmarked for Gaza, U.S. says.
The Biden administration Friday took the unusual step of blacklisting a group of Israelis implicated in the looting and destroying of life-saving humanitarian aid destined for Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip after eight months of brutal war. It is only the second time in recent years the U.S. has punished Israeli groups for their violent and sometimes deadly actions against Palestinians. Last year, the State Department announced it was banning U.S.
With negotiations for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war still unsuccessful, the inability of international organizations to get food, water and medicine into Gaza has deepened the suffering there, with more than one million Palestinians facing starvation. Aid agencies report that children are dying from malnutrition, and hundreds of people are dying from lack of medical care. Most hospitals have been rendered inoperable due to Israeli bombardment.
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