"Since this incredible Water for the World Act became law, USAID has helped 42 million people access clean water, and 38 million people access sanitation services,” said USAID Administrator Power.
“While the ceasefire we are working towards would be the best, most immediate way to surge humanitarian assistance, it is not the only way,” said Ambassador Wood.
The maritime corridor “is part of our all-of-the-above strategy to make sure that we’re doing everything possible by every means possible to surge support to those who need it – by land, by sea, by air,” said Secretary Blinken.
This first airdrop in Gaza is intended to be part of a sustained effort that will supplement - not replace - delivery on the ground, said NSC Advisor John Kirby.
“We believe Israel has achieved significant progress” toward its “essential goal of ensuring that October 7th can never be repeated,” said Secretary Blinken.
“The United States has worked from day one to open access routes into Gaza to get assistance to people who need it,” said Secretary Blinken.
"Let us all recognize the shared humanity of both Israelis and Palestinians. And let us all work toward a future in which they can live side by side in states of their own, with peace, freedom, and security," said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.
Azerbaijan initiated a military offensive against the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, prompting some 100,000 ethnic Armenians who are the majority in the region to flee en masse to Armenia.
“There is no hierarchy when it comes to protecting civilian lives. A civilian is a civilian is a civilian, no matter his or her nationality, ethnicity, age, gender, faith,” said Secretary Blinken.
UN officials reported that over 90 percent of the causalities from the earthquakes were women and children.
U.S. actions "against one authoritarian regime are now directly supporting the Ukrainian people’s fight against another authoritarian regime," said Attorney General Merrick Garland.
Hamas's goal is "the annihilation of the State of Israel and the murder of Jewish people. They use Palestinian civilians as human shields. Hamas offers nothing but terror and bloodshed," said President Joe Biden.
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