Blinken pushes for more aid for Gaza, ceasefire deal in talks with Israels Netanyahu [Video]

CAIRO/WASHINGTON –  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 22 in talks aimed at ensuring more aid flows into Gaza and moving the needle closer to a deal between Israel and Hamas that would pause the six-month-old war in Gaza.

“A hundred per cent of the population of Gaza is experiencing severe levels of acute food insecurity. We cannot, we must not, allow that to continue,” Mr Blinken said at a news conference late on March 21.

“Israel needs to do more. I’ll be talking to our partners about how to coordinate our efforts,” he said.

Mr Blinken pushed Mr Netanyahu to take urgent steps to allow more aid into Gaza, where mass death from famine is imminent, according to the United Nations. The two met for about 40 minutes.

United States officials say the number of aid deliveries via land needs to increase fast, and that aid …