The US wants real, extended pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow assistance to get to people who need it, but the best way to help people would be to end the war, the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Wednesday. 'Israel, by the standards it set itself, has accomplished the goals that it set for itself,' Blinken told reporters during a visit to Brussels. On Tuesday, after the expiry of a 30-day US deadline for Israel to take steps to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Washington said Israel was not blocking aid to the strip and therefore not violating US law. However, eight international aid groups said Israel had failed to meet the US demands to improve access for assistance. Food security experts have said it is likely famine is imminent in parts of Gaza
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