> israel deliberately blocked humanitarian aid to gaza, two government bodies concluded. antony blinken rejected them.  > blinken told congress, we do not currently assess that the israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting aid, even though the u.s. agency for international development and others had determined that israel had broken the law.  > the u.s. governments two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance concluded this spring that israel had deliberately blocked deliveries of food and medicine into gaza. > the u.s. agency for international development delivered its assessment to secretary of state antony blinken and the state departments refugees bureau made its stance known to top diplomats in late april. their conclusion was explosive because u.s. law requires the government to cut off weapons shipments to countries that prevent the delivery of u.s.-backed humanitarian aid. israel has been largely dependent on american bombs and other weapons in gaza since hamas oct. 7 attacks. > but blinken and the administration of president joe biden did not accept either finding. days later, on may 10, blinken delivered a carefully worded statement to congress that said, we do not currently assess that the israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of u.s. humanitarian assistance. > prior to his report, usaid had sent blinken a detailed 17-page memo on israels conduct. the memo described instances of israeli interference with aid efforts, including killing aid workers, razing agricultural structures, bombing ambulances and hospitals, sitting on supply depots and routinely turning away trucks full of food and medicine.
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