US 'troubled' by humanitarian situation in Gaza, Rubio tells BBC
Source: BBC
US 'troubled' by humanitarian situation in Gaza, Rubio tells BBC
15 May 2025
Tom Bateman in Antalya, David Gritten and Rushdi Abualouf in Cairo
BBC News
The top US diplomat Marco Rubio has said the US is "troubled" by the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
His comments came as at least 114 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes on Thursday, health officials said.
Asked by the BBC if the Trump administration remained fully behind the nature of Israel's military action given the scale of the recent Israeli attacks and its bombing of hospitals, he once again called on Hamas to surrender and release hostages and said there could be no peace so long as the group exists.
"That said, we're not immune or in any way insensitive to the suffering of the people of Gaza, and I know that there's opportunities here to provide aid for them," he said.
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Food and other aid for a besieged and occupied population is not optional. It's written in humanitarian law. It's basic humanity. And it's not hard. It doesn't need an "opportunity". It needs only for the law to be upheld and violators punished.
Too much to ask, I know.
