USAID deliver more than 54,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to Gaza

The United States on Tuesday announced that it had delivered more than 54,000 pounds in humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip amid an ongoing pause in fighting between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Hamas terrorist group.

Fighting has been on pause since Friday due a Qatar-brokered deal in which Hamas agreed to release hostages from an Oct. 7 raid in batches to secure a temporary reprieve from the Israeli assault. The raid saw Hamas forces storm Israeli border towns, seize more than 200 hostages, and kill around 1,200 civilians. Jerusalem has insisted that the temporary pause does not signify a willingness to end hostilities.

Amid the pause in hostilities, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has delivered "24.5 metric tons, more than 54,000 pounds, of UN humanitarian supplies to provide vitally needed medical supplies and food and nutrition assistance to the people of Gaza," the agency stated, according to The Hill.

"A U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft delivered the items to Egypt, where they will be transported via ground into Gaza and then distributed by UN agencies," the organization continued. More flights are planned in the coming days.

While Israel maintains it plans to resume hostilities when the deal expires, international organizations including the United Nations have increasingly called for a permanent ceasefire. In late October, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire.

In the United States, domestic protests have materialized in Washington, including one demonstration that saw advocates for a ceasefire stage a sit-in at a congressional office building on Capitol Hill.

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