International Desk: The United States has written to Israel to increase the access of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Gaza within thirty days. Washington has warned that failure to do so could cut off some US military aid.

It is being considered the Biden administration's strongest written warning to Israel.

Israel has stopped or restricted about 90 percent of humanitarian movement between northern and southern Gaza over the past month, the letter noted.

Israel's offensive in northern Gaza has led to massive displacement of civilians in southern Gaza. Meanwhile, the United States sent such a letter.

Israel is reviewing the letter after receiving it from the US.

An Israeli official said that "our country takes these matters seriously". They also want to address the concerns raised by the United States.

Israel, however, has previously said its main goal is to eliminate Hamas. They are not blocking the entry of humanitarian aid anywhere.

The Israeli Defense Forces said on Monday that 30 lorries filled with food from the World Food Organization had entered northern Gaza.

The United States told the UN Security Council last week that Israel must take swift action to address the "catastrophic situation" among Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip and stop "exacerbating suffering" by limiting aid supplies.

Antoine Renard, the head of the World Food Organization in the occupied Palestinian territories, told AFP news agency that people in northern Gaza depended on "total food aid". They have no other means of obtaining food except food distributed by UN agencies.

The United States is by far Israel's largest arms supplier. The country has been providing various forms of support to the Israeli military in its war against Hamas in Gaza over the past year.

The letter sent two days ago was signed by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The letter expressed the US's "deep concern" over the "deteriorating humanitarian situation".

It also said evacuation orders had forced 1.7 million people to seek shelter in a narrow coastal area where they were at "high risk of fatal infections".

In the letter, the US called on the Israeli government to take "immediate and sustained action" this month.

It said Israel must take a series of steps to allow access to humanitarian aid "starting now and within the next 30 days." Failure to do so could 'influence US policy'.

The letter also mentions various US laws that cut off military aid to countries that obstruct US humanitarian aid.

The letter asks Israel to take a number of specific steps within the next 30 days.

These include allowing at least 350 trucks a day into Gaza, declaring a cease-fire for aid deliveries and canceling orders to evacuate civilian Palestinians except for military purposes.

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller acknowledged sending the letter to reporters at a press conference in Washington on Tuesday.

where Mr. Miller said the letter was sent through secret diplomatic channels. The US administration did not want the letter to become public.

Since the subject of the letter has come up in the media, he has opened up about the matter.

If Israel does not increase humanitarian aid to Gaza, Mr. Miller.

The Foreign Office spokesman added that the amount of humanitarian aid currently being allowed into Gaza was 'very low'. Access was extended after the US administration said it had raised concerns about it earlier.

Earlier on Tuesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross or IRC warned that the Israeli attack on northern Gaza, which began 10 days ago, has led to a dire humanitarian crisis.

Israeli forces have said they intend to launch a third offensive in the town of Jabalia to eliminate Hamas fighters.

The United Nations says about 50,000 people have fled Gaza City and elsewhere in the north. But because of illness or other disabilities, it is almost impossible for many to even leave their homes.

Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defense Agency said on Tuesday it recovered the bodies of 42 people killed by Israeli air and artillery strikes in Jabalia and surrounding areas.

Among them there are 11 members of the same family. Most of them are women and children. whose houses have been destroyed.

The Palestinian armed group Hamas launched a rocket attack on Israel on October 7 last year. The Israel Defense Forces said that 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were taken hostage.

Since then, Israel has launched an operation in Gaza. According to the Hamas-run health agency in Gaza, more than 42,340 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli offensive. Source: BBC Bangla