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Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, has asked the US state department to pause funding to Egypt's military based on the human rights violations of the Sisi regime.
The US has a track record of supplying military equipment and aid to Israel, and Washington has done so throughout the Gaza war.
A US-based aid group said on Friday an Israeli air strike killed four people accompanying its convoy in Gaza the day before.
Israel has asked the US to increase its military aid from $3 billion to $5 billion a year when its current deal ends in 2017, US sources said on Wednesday
About $4 billion is dedicated to replenishing Israel’s missile defence systems while more than $9 billion would go toward humanitarian relief in Gaza
The family of James Kirby, one of seven aid workers killed by Israel in Gaza in April, has called for an investigation to establish accountability.
US officials said it would take a 'number of weeks' until the 'significant capability' was able to bring more aid to desperate Gazans.
Biden also told Sisi that he supported efforts to reopen the southern Rafah crossing under terms acceptable to both Egypt and Israel.
Representative Ilhan Omar plans to introduce a bill this week that would disapprove of a multi-million-dollar US military package to Israel, which would mark the first such dissent by a member of US Congress.
The US military air-dropped its first batch of aid into the Gaza Strip on Saturday and plans to send more, Washington says.