The State Department said Israel needs to take more steps to improve the situation among Palestinians. The United States had given the country 30 days to meet aid criteria.

Israeli airstrikes pounded Beirut's Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs for a second consecutive day, as Lebanon waited to hear Washington's latest ceasefire proposals.

‘It all starts in Tehran,’ Israeli president tells Biden, while again stressing need to bring home Hamas-held hostages

Officials say Israel has taken some steps to meet a US demand for more supplies to enter Gaza, but aid agencies say conditions have actually worsened.

President Joe Biden met Tuesday at the White House with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who said a “major objective” for the U.S. should be reining in Iran and its proxies.

By law, the U.S. government cannot give aid to foreign military forces deemed by the State Department to be committing “gross violations of human rights.”

The State Department said the U.S. would not cut off weapons supplies to Israel over the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken has decided not to suspend military assistance to Israel after the Israeli government took some steps to improve the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the State Department said. Humanitarian groups on Tuesday said the situation in Gaza is at its worst since the war began in 2023, and the Biden administration has been under pressure to use its leverage with Israel to improve the situation. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin gave their Israeli counterparts an ultimatum to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza by Nov. 12. If the Biden administration had determined Israel hasn't taken sufficient steps to increase aid to Gaza, the U.S. could have suspended arms supplies to Israel, in accordance with U.S. law. The eight aid groups who issued a report on Tuesday said Israel has failed to meet the demands set by the Biden administration to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The Israeli security cabinet on Sunday night approved several steps to…