Blinken calls on Israel to provide humanitarian aid to Gazans

According to the anonymous US State Department official, chief of the US foreign service Antony Blinken spoke with Israel’s strategic affairs minister and told him Israel needs to do more to protect civilians in its offensive in southern Gaza. Blinken also urged minister Ron Dermer to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza while welcoming Israel’s decision to allow more fuel into the densely populated enclave.