US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has told the Security Council that the United States is watching to ensure that Israel’s actions on the ground show that it does not have a “policy of starvation” in the northern Gaza Strip, Reuters reports.

She told the 15-member council that such a policy would be “horrific and unacceptable and would have implications under international law and US law”.

“The government of Israel has said that this is not their policy, that food and other essential supplies will not be cut off, and we will be watching to see that Israel’s actions on the ground match this statement,” Thomas-Greenfield said.

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