The Biden administration of the United States has announced a new policy to bring aid supplies by sea to the Palestinian Gaza Strip, which is facing serious food shortages due to continued fighting between Israel and the Islamic organization Hamas. .
Meanwhile, ongoing negotiations aiming at a cessation of fighting have been suspended, making it difficult to reach an agreement before the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, which begins around the 10th of this month.
In the Gaza Strip, where fighting between Israel and Hamas continues, aid supplies are only allowed to enter through two checkpoints in the south, and although supplies are being dropped from the air, food and other supplies are still in short supply. Palestinian health authorities say 20 people have already died from malnutrition and other causes.
Against this backdrop, on the 7th, a senior US White House official announced a new policy aimed at bringing in aid supplies by sea, building a temporary port with a pier in the Gaza Strip and transporting hundreds of trucks worth of supplies per day. I'm planning on importing it.
The US military will not land during the transport, and will coordinate with the Israeli side and obtain cooperation from the United Nations and other organizations, but it is expected to take several weeks before the transport actually begins.
Meanwhile, in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, the intermediary country Egypt and others continued to hold talks with Hamas in an attempt to reach an agreement on a cessation of fighting and the release of hostages, but Hamas is seeking a lasting ceasefire. However, the Israeli side has refused, and Hamas announced on the 7th that negotiations had been temporarily suspended.
It is difficult to reach an agreement before the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, and if the fighting continues during Ramadan, it is expected that the Houthis and the Lebanese Shiite Muslim organization Hezbollah will step up their offensives. There are concerns that tensions will spread throughout the Middle East.