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Several dozen House Democrats have signed a letter asking the US president, Joe Biden, warning him that there is evidence to show that Israel has violated US law by restricting humanitarian aid flows into Gaza.
A letter to Biden signed by 86 Democrats said Israel’s aid restrictions “call into question” its assurances that it was complying with a US Foreign Assistance Act provision requiring recipients of US-funded arms to uphold international humanitarian law and allow free flows of US assistance.
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