Bowen: US threat to cut Israel military aid is sign of anger at broken promises

The first aid in two weeks has gone into northern Gaza following a letter from the US that gave Israel 30 days to boost humanitarian access.

The letter is the Biden administration's most detailed public criticism yet of the way Israel has blocked humanitarian aid to Gaza .

It challenges Israelâs long-standing attack on UNRWA , the UN agency that looks after Palestinian refugees.

Front and centre in the letter is Israelâs squeeze on Gaza , says the letter.

It demands an end to the isolation of northern Gaza , where ultra-nationalists in Netanyahuâs cabinet want to replace Palestinians with Jewish settlers.

Israel has already separated northern Gaza from the south with a corridor along Wadi Gaza .

Whether or not Israel listens to Americaâs demands on Gaza , as Biden enters his last lap as president, it is clear that his attempt to stop the spread of the Gaza war across the Middle East has failed. And as for the letter, it will be too little, too late for all those civilians in Gaza who have suffered, and for those who have died, as the result of months of restrictions in humanitarian aid imposed by Israel ..