; Whereas the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that it would cost an estimated $1,200,000,000 to meet the needs of 2,700,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank until the end of 2023; Whereas the United States has helped lead the humanitarian response in Gaza and is the largest single-State funder of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people; Whereas, on November 24, 2023, the United States helped negotiate an extended humanitarian pause that ultimately led Hamas to release or facilitate the release of over 100 hostages, allowed increased levels of humanitarian assistance to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and provided relief from hostilities; Whereas there was an increase in aid reaching Gaza during the negotiated humanitarian pause from November 24, 2023, to November 30, 2023, with nearly 200 aid trucks crossing into Gaza per day; and Whereas the extended humanitarian pause ended on December 1, 2023: Now, therefore, be it