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He echoed #Israel’s accusations that #Hamas is #hoarding #fuel while supplies for essential services run low.

“Now let’s be clear here. Hamas, in its tunnels, has fuel. The hospitals do not,” #Satterfield said. “One has to make an obvious conclusion from this. And it’s a broad one. Hamas’s concern, now, as it has always been, is for its own interests, its own ambitions — not for the people of #Gaza, except to use them as shields.

#HumanitarianCrisis #diplomacy #Security #geopolitics #terrorism

The US special envoy for #MiddleEast #humanitarian issues, David #Satterfield, has told Arabic-language news outlets that the #UnitedStates is working w/ #Israel & the #UN to ensure delivery of #fuel to #Gaza.

“We need to get fuel to the humanitarian infrastructure & institutions like hospitals, as well as the trucks that distribute assistance, as rapidly as we can. But we need to do so in a manner that does not allow #Hamas to further … seize fuel for their own purposes.”

#geopolitics #war

The US State Dept said David #Satterfield, newly appointed special envoy for #humanitarian assistance in the #Israel-#Hamas #war, met w/ #Israeli & #Egyptian ofcls today to “develop the exact mechanisms” of opening the #RafahCrossing to #HumanitarianAid.
Spox Matthew Miller didn’t give an exact timeline but said “we expect it to be implemented soon. If the #Rafah gate is open to allow humanitarian aid in, we will try to get the #American citizens out who want to leave.”
#Gaza #HumanitarianCrisis

In his new role, #Satterfield will lead a campaign to “mitigate the #humanitarian fallout of #Hamas’ #terrorist attack against #Israel,” #NationalSecurity adviser Jake Sullivan said….He added that Satterfield’s decades of experience working in the #MiddleEast will be “instrumental in our cont’d effort to address humanitarian issues in the region.”
…#Blinken said Satterfield will arrive Mon in the region to begin…“moving assistance in to people who need it & helping people get out of harm’s way.”

“#Civilians should not have to suffer for Hamas’s atrocities,” SoS Antony #Blinken said in announcing #Satterfield’s appt during a visit to #Cairo. “We’re determined to do everything we can to address the needs of people in #Gaza.”

The appt comes as #Israel prepares to launch an invasion into the #Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Israel warned those in N Gaza on Fri to evacuate, prompting hundreds of thousands of people to flee…

#Terrorism #HumanitarianCrisis #Palestinians #MiddleEast #geopolitics

#Satterfield, a fmr US ambassador to #Turkey who is director of the Baker Inst for #PublicPolicy at Rice Univ, “will lead US #diplomacy to urgently address the #HumanitarianCrisis in #Gaza,” the State Dept said.

He has nearly 40 yrs of experience in the Middle East, w/ #ForeignService assignments in #Syria, #Tunisia, #SaudiArabia & 2 tours in #Lebanon. He also served as NSC staff director.

#Israel #Hamas #war #Terrorism #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #MiddleEast #geopolitics

Fmr ambassador David M. #Satterfield has been appointed as special envoy for #MiddleEast #humanitarian issues, a role in which he will focus on “ensuring lifesaving assistance can reach vulnerable people throughout the Middle East,” the State Dept announced Sun.

#Israel #Hamas #Gaza #war #Terrorism #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/15/state-department-israel-gaza-envoy-satterfield/