Overview

• Reports from USAID and the State Department's refugee bureau indicated that Israel was blocking U.S.-backed humanitarian aid to Gaza.
• A memo detailed instances of Israeli interference, including killing aid workers, bombing hospitals, and denying food and medicine shipments.
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected these findings in a May 10 report to Congress, stating Israel was not restricting aid.
• Acknowledging the obstruction would have required the U.S. to suspend military assistance to Israel under U.S. law.
• The Biden administration has continued to supply Israel with significant military aid despite the documented humanitarian crisis in Gaza.