In what was seen as an overly delayed action, the United States has put Israel on notice that it could risk losing access to American weapons unless it allows more humanitarian aid to flow to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, reports AFP.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin — not President Joe Biden — sent a letter to their counterparts in Israel on Sunday warning that Israel must take steps within the next 30 days to allow more food and other humanitarian assistant into Gaza or face restrictions on US military aid.

“We are writing now to underscore the US government’s deep concern over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, and seek urgent and sustained actions by your government this month to reverse this trajectory,” they wrote, according to a copy of the letter posted by an Axios reporter on X.