Secretary of State Antony Blinken sat down with the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday to discuss a range of topics that includes the war in Israel and U.S. aid for the Gaza Strip.
Blinken told the Committee the U.S. has to anticipate some aid going into the hands of Hamas.
“Can I promise you in this committee that there’ll be 100% delivery to the designated recipients? No, there will inevitably be some spillage,” he said. “We haven’t seen it to date, but I think we have to anticipate that. But the overwhelming, overwhelming majority of the assistance thus far is getting to people who need it. And we need more.”
From Fox News:
Blinken said so far, the U.S. has gotten up to 50 trucks of aid per day into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
“Before the conflict in Gaza, before Hamas’ aggression against Israel and its response, the U.N. and other agencies and other organizations providing relief were sending in between 500 and 800 hundred trucks a day,” he said. “Right now, we’re up to almost 60. We’re trying to get to 100 this week.”
When asked about the process to make sure the aid is not going to terrorists, Blinken said “from day one, we have been working with the Israeli government, with Egypt, with the U.N. agencies, as well as with other actors to try to make sure that assistance could get in to people who need it in Gaza, but get in, in a way that doesn’t go to the people who don’t need it. And that’s Hamas.
Watch a clip below of Blinken speaking with Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN). More over at Fox News:
Let me get this straight
HAMAS controls the Gaza strip
Hamas controls the receiving side of the crossing
Hamas received all aid coming in
Hamas admitted to hoarding food, water, medicine and fuel in its tunnels
Hamas admitted it wouldn’t allow palestinian civilians to take shelter in the tunnels
Hamas says it’s the UN’s job to protect and provide for civilians
How exactly is the aid being tracked??
why waste US taxpayers money for the TERRORISTS? there is enough food and fuel in the UN storage facilities – let them release the food to the civilians and foreigners
There’s no reason for them to steal it, the Deep State Mossad and Shin-Daled is giving it to them on a silver platter.
Listen to this: The Israeli Deep State is Enabling the Next Jewish Massacre