Senators demand that Biden stop sending offensive weapons to Israel. Sanders said that Israel is preventing American aid from reaching Gazans, in violation of American law.

Signatories to the letter in the Senate said that the US administration must make clear to Netanyahu that failure to ensure widespread access to humanitarian aid in Gaza will lead to dire consequences. The letter is the latest move within the Democratic Party aimed at intensifying pressure on the president, to use his influence to force Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change his tactics.