More than two dozen US senators have introduced a resolution urging the Trump administration to “use all diplomatic tools at its disposal” to end Israel’s blockade of Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

“It’s been over two months since the Israeli government has been using its power to withhold food, medicine, lifesaving cancer treatments, dialysis systems, formula, and more from starving and suffering families across Gaza,” Senator Peter Welch told the Senate earlier this week.

“Half a million Palestinians in Gaza are facing starvation, and that number is rising … All the while, these trucks that are filled with food and medicine — much of that aid provided by the United States and our allies — is right there across the border,” he said.

“We cannot have or sanction a government-intentional policy of starvation.”