EXCLUSIVE-Early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza blocked by US envoys to Israel | Law-Order

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : It would have also deepened scrutiny of a National Security Memorandum, issued by Biden that month, which conditioned the supply of U.S. intelligence and weapons on Israel's compliance with international law, they said.
47% : Three months after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid out in gruesome detail scenes observed by United Nations staff who visited the area on a two-part humanitarian fact-finding mission in January and February. U.S. Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden's administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an "Apocalyptic Wasteland" with dire shortages of food and medical aid.
43% : AN OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE REALITY IN GAZA The February 2024 cable was one of five sent in the first part of that year documenting the rapidly deteriorating health, food and sanitary conditions and breakdown of social order for Palestinians living in Gaza resulting from Israel's military campaign, six former U.S. officials told Reuters.
43% : "There are a lot of innocent people who are starving, a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying, and it's got to stop," Biden told reporters at the White House in February 2024, describing Israel's response in Gaza as "over the top."
41% : More than 80% of Democrats believe that Israel's military response in Gaza has been excessive and that the United States should help people in the enclave who are facing starvation, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll last August.
41% : Biden's Middle East envoy Brett McGurk and his aides often asked in meetings if the USAID had verified the information and why it diverged, sometimes drastically, from Israel's version of events, the three former officials said.
38% : Three months after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid out in gruesome detail scenes observed by United Nations staff who visited the area on a two-part humanitarian fact-finding mission in January and February.
36% : But senior U.S. officials were not receiving regular first-hand accounts because of ⁠restricted access to the area during an intense battle between Israel and Hamas, six former U.S. officials said.
26% : The Biden administration's backing for Israel during the war deeply divided the Democratic Party and remains an unresolved issue for its political ⁠candidates.

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