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Durbin, other senators urge immediate humanitarian access to Gaza; Rubio says U.S. pressed Israel to increase aid flows
Summary
Sen. Dick Durbin and other senators raised alarms about an unfolding humanitarian emergency in Gaza; Secretary Rubio said the U.S. is pressing Israel to allow more humanitarian aid and that agencies on the ground (including the World Food Programme) could distribute supplies quickly if flows resume.
Sen. Richard J. Durbin warned the Senate subcommittee that a famine is underway in Gaza, citing figures that "in the next few days" as many as 14,000 infants and children could die. Durbin urged the administration to press Israel to increase humanitarian access and to restore large-scale aid flows.
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