US outraged at Israeli protesters’ assault on aid convoy: ‘Utterly unacceptable’

The United States said Monday it was looking at a response to an assault by right-wing protesters who blocked an aid convoy heading to Gaza, spilled the trucks’ cargo into the road, and reportedly set two of the vehicles alight.

Four people were arrested during the assault on the convoy as it passed through the West Bank on its way from Jordan to the Gaza Strip.

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in Washington: “It is a total outrage that there are people who are attacking and looting these convoys.

“We are looking at the tools that we have to respond to this,” Sullivan said. “We are also raising our concerns at the highest level of the Israeli government and it’s something that we make no bones about – this is completely and utterly unacceptable behavior.”

Germany’s Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert also condemned the vandalism, writing in a post to X: “To raid aid trucks and prevent food from reaching the needy is disgraceful. And it certainly won‘t help the Israeli cause of freeing the hostages and securing the country against the terror of Hamas.” READ MORE