The Biden administration has warned Israel that it faces possible punishment, including the potential stopping of US weapons transfers, if it does not take immediate action to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza.

A letter written jointly by Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, and Lloyd Austin, the defence secretary, exhorts Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to ease humanitarian suffering in the territory by lifting restrictions on the entry of assistance within 30 days or face unspecified policy “implications”.

The four-page missive, dated 13 October, was sent to Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defence minister, and Ron Dermer, the strategic affairs minister, and came to light after being posted on social media by Barak Ravid, an Israeli journalist who works for Axios, after apparently being leaked.

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    16 hours ago

    Biden realizes he’s seriously fucking up Harris chance of winning.

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      How is it his fault that she doesn’t say she’ll do something different?

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        It isn’t. It’s his fault for not containing the situation and allowing Netanyahu to go full throttle on his genocidal campaign.

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        Too much money from AIPAC to care.