The US is pressuring Israel to help deliver food and medicine to Gaza, US President Donald Trump said.
He said he discussed the situation in Gaza in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week. “Gaza has been affected“, the US leader said, speaking to reporters aboard his plane en route from Washington to Rome, where he will attend the funeral of Pope Francis.
The head of the Washington administration acknowledged that there is a “very great need” to deliver food and medicine to Gaza. “We are putting a lot of pressure on them to deliver food and medicine to Gaza“, Trump confirmed. According to him, Netanyahu has received this signal positively.
The American leader will leave the Italian capital on Saturday evening and return to the United States.
On March 18, the Israeli army resumed military operations in the Gaza Strip, launching massive strikes against the enclave and ending the ceasefire established in January. Netanyahu's office explained this by the rejection of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas by the proposals made during the negotiations by the mediators and the special envoy of the US President, Stephen Witkoff, stating that the purpose of the operation in the sector was to free all hostages.
The radicals accused Israel and the United States of the renewal of military operations.