Today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $404 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and the region during a humanitarian conference in Jordan. This new funding includes $64 million through USAID to support partners on the ground to provide urgently required food assistance to Palestinians in need and critical logistics support to coordinate delivery of humanitarian goods to and across Gaza.
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire, and this additional funding provided through USAID, which includes support provided under the recently passed bipartisan National Security Supplemental, will support UN partner the World Food Program (WFP) to surge crucial food assistance to people experiencing high levels of food insecurity and support treatment for malnutrition in children throughout Gaza and the West Bank.
In addition, this announcement includes $340 million in funding through the State Department to provide essential immediate and medium-term support to vulnerable Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and the region, including through the provision of safe drinking water, health care, protection, education, shelter, and psychosocial support.
That brings the total humanitarian aid that the United States has announced for Palestinians since the beginning of the conflict to more than $674 million. The United States continues to work around the clock to overcome diplomatic and operational hurdles for humanitarian access and significantly scale up the amount of assistance reaching vulnerable populations in Gaza and the West Bank.
