U.S. says Israel now in compliance with law on humanitarian assistance to Gaza

Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The United States has determined that Israel has substantially met its demand to take "concrete steps" to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza within 30 days or risk losing military assistance provided by Washington in line with U.S. law.

While more needed to be done, Israel was not in breach of U.S. law, State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told the department's regular press briefing Tuesday -- the day the 30-day deadline set by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expired.

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