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“A Final, Deadly Exclamation Point”: Biden Backs Down on 30-Day Israel Arms Ultimatum

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The Biden administration sent a letter to Israel asking for more humanitarian aid into Gaza within 30 days .

A group of eight humanitarian organizations released a report Tuesday that tracked each of the letter’s demands and how Israel is failing on all but several of them.

Israel has failed to open any new border crossings into Gaza ; only 42 trucks have been allowed per day, well short of the benchmark of 350 trucks.

In May , the State Department released a report saying it had “deep concerns” about Israel , but that it had been following the law.

The report found that Israel only partially or inconsistently met four of the 19 demands laid out in the letter from Blinken and Austin .

The State Department declined to comment on the findings.

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