Senator urges US to end military aid to Israel

WASHINGTON

US Senator Bernie Sanders reiterated his call for an end to weapons supply to Israel.

"(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu has not allowed any aid into Gaza in 22 days. He broke the ceasefire, resuming a bombing campaign that has killed more than 50,000 people.

"Now he is threatening a long-term occupation of Gaza," Sanders said Monday on X.

His remarks came after the Israeli army launched a surprise aerial campaign on the Gaza Strip on March 18, killing at least 730 people despite a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.

"NO MORE MILITARY AID TO NETANYAHU’S WAR MACHINE," Sanders said.

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 113,400 injured in a brutal Israeli military onslaught on Gaza since October 2023.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.