Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced on Tuesday $404 million in new US aid to the Palestinians, AFP reported.
He called on other countries, including critics of the US, to also contribute money to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
"Some have expressed great concern about the suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza, including countries that have the ability to give a lot, have provided very little or nothing at all," Blinken told an emergency aid conference in Jordan, possibly referring to U.S. adversaries China and Russia.
One day after the UN Security Council passed a resolution supporting a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire, Jordan on 11 June hosted a conference to address the emergency humanitarian response for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The event is jointly organized with Egypt and the United Nations, with the attendance of US Secretary of State Blinken and Palestinian President Abbas. More than 37,000 Palestinians and over 1,400 Israelis have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October 2023, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. | BGNES
