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State Department: U.S. pushing humanitarian access to Gaza but stresses safety concerns for aid delivery
Summary
At a State Department briefing, the spokesperson said the administration supports resuming humanitarian aid to Gaza "as long as it can be safely moved in and there's no looting," and said the president has directed action on food and medicine, though operational details were not disclosed.
The State Department spokesperson said the administration wants humanitarian aid to resume entering Gaza but emphasized that deliveries must occur “as long as it can be safely moved in and there's no looting.” The spokesperson said the president has directed action on food and medicine for Gaza but declined to provide operational details during the briefing.
Reporters pressed officials on reports of growing famine risk in Gaza and whether the U.S. was doing more to press Israel to allow aid into the territory. The spokesperson said the administration’s position is that humanitarian supplies and assistance should resume when security standards for safe delivery can be met and that these standards are not beyond ordinary expectations for operations in a war zone.
“The President of The United States is engaging in this as well,” the spokesperson said, noting that the president had publicly described efforts to help Gaza and that details of ongoing U.S. actions could not be shared from the briefing. The spokesperson said the United States continues to stand with Israel as an ally while also pushing for safe humanitarian deliveries.
The briefing did not disclose specific steps taken, timelines, or operational arrangements to move aid into Gaza, and the spokesperson repeatedly declined to provide granular details about actions the administration said the president was directing.
