Blinken announces more than $400 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced an additional $404 million in new aid to Palestinians, while attending the “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza” Conference in Jordan on Tuesday.

This is in addition to “the more than $1.8 billion in development, economic, and humanitarian aid that the United States has provided since 2021”, as “the largest single country provider of assistance for Palestinians,” Blinken noted.

In this speech, Blinken said that the only thing that stands in the way of the hostage release and ceasefire deal happening is Hamas.