'No excuses': Biden calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza
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The US President made the remarks during a meeting Italy's Prime Minister.

The US will begin air dropping food aid to the people of Gaza, President Joe Biden announced on Friday, as the humanitarian crisis deepens and Israel continues to resist opening additional land crossings to allow more assistance into the war-torn strip.

Speaking in the Oval Office, Biden said the US would be “pulling out every stop” to get additional aid into Gaza, which has been under heavy bombardment by Israel since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks.

“Aid flowing to Gaza is nowhere nearly enough,” the US President said, noting “hundreds of trucks” should be entering the enclave.

Biden said the US is “going to insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need, no excuses”.

He also noted the efforts to broker a deal to free the hostages and secure an “immediate ceasefire” that would allow additional aid in.

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
    1235·
    10 months ago

    He had to. He should have done it months ago tbh.

    The mowing down of 700 people and killing 100 who were trying to get food and water is the last straw. Bibi is toast now. You’ll see a speech in the Knesset soon calling for his ouster and an end to the veto coverage Israel had in the UN.

    • FenrirIII@lemmy.worldEnglish
      608·
      10 months ago

      Pretty sure the government has been trying to talk Israel down since things got way out of scope in November. But Bibi wants blood.

      • ___@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        Don’t call him Bibi. He deserves no cute nicknames which downplay these atrocities.

      • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1611·
        10 months ago

        Pretty sure the government has been trying to talk Israel down since things got way out of scope in November.

        Wrong, government backed israel and provided them military aid and weapons.

      • Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
        63·
        10 months ago

        What world do you live in lol. They had Bidens support since 1970. Pelosi too. They were completely on board until like yesterday, due to pressure from the voter base.

    • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3015·
      10 months ago

      He could have done this in October.

      Is it too little too late to save his presidential run?

      We’ll see. He has to get the ceasefire first.

      (There was another time Israel bombed and aid convoy (waiting till the aid was in a position to be destroyed), back in October, so its not like the first time they’ve done this even in this conflict.)

    • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      149·
      10 months ago

      He had to. He should have done it months ago tbh.

      The plan was to do it after gaza has been destroyed