lozerini expressed concern over the current situation of schools in the strip, saying that the children are sifting through the rubble instead of being in classrooms. "the us has supplied israel with around 18 billion dollars in military aid since the genocide in gaza began on october the 7th last year. that's according to a report by the american brown university's costs of war project. the report says the expenditure includes $4 billion dollars towards replenishing israel's iron dome and david's slang missile defense systems as well as cash for guns and jet fuel. it is states that additional $5 billion dollars in funding was supplied to us military operation in west asia during that time frame. this figure includes the costs associated with the us military's attack on yemen, washington has also provided israel with diplomatic support, preventing the un from obbliging the regime to end the genocide. now to give you more insight on the matter, we are now joined by press tvs, rachel hamden from new york. rachel, thank you for coming on. uh, first i want to know your initial thoughts on u

now let's talk about the humanitarian situation what uh lozerini was talking about. the humanitarian situation is in gaza is also rapidly deteriorating and calls for a ceasefire uh seem to grow louder. in your view, should the focus of these calls also include the lifting of the blockade and ending the conditions. that have caused this suffering, well, let's look a little deeper here, because the israelis want to eliminate the palestinian people, and so the israelis are using the blockade, they're withholding humanitarian aid, the the holding water, uh, food, supplies, everything that people need to be alive, the the israelis are are withholding from the palestinian people, hoping they die sooner, hoping that they don't have to waste. bullet uh to to kill them, they want them to starve, they want them to die of dehydration, they want them to die of illness, malnutrition, anything that will kill a palestinian is what the israel's purpose is by withholding this aid and and and you know prolonging this, um, mr. lazarini has a right, i i think he's a little understated a