US Says Israel Has Improved The Humanitarian Situation In Gaza, Hamas: Partnership In Genocide

JAKARTA - Palestinian militant group Hamas criticized the United States Government's statement under President Joe Biden, who assessed Israel had made improvements to the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

The group again accused Washington of providing political and military protection for Israel, protecting it from being held accountable, quoted by Reuters on November 13.

The assessment is "an affirmation of President Biden's full partnership in brutal genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip," Hamas said.

As previously reported, President Joe Biden's administration assessed that Israel had made a number of advances, but wanted more improvements to be made, when the deadline for improving access to humanitarian aid ended last Tuesday.

The United States has given Israel 30 days to take special steps to address the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

The list of steps that must be taken in the letter of the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin dated October 13. Failure to do so could have an impact on US military assistance to Israel, they said in the letter.

On Tuesday, when the deadline stated in the letter expired, deputy State Department spokeswoman Vedant Patel repeatedly refused to say whether the criteria had been met.

However, he told reporters Israel had taken steps to address the demands and Washington would continue to assess the situation.

Meanwhile, a number of international aid organizations in its report yesterday said Israel failed to meet the demands of Uncle Sam's country regarding increasing access to greater humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The report compiled by the eight organizations lists 19 compliance measures against US demands. The report states that Israel failed to comply with 15 steps and has only complied with part of the four steps, quoted from The Times of Israel.

"Israel not only failed to meet US criteria indicating support for humanitarian responses, but also taking action that dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly in northern Gaza," the report said.

"That situation was even worse today than a month ago," the report continued.