News – World: The demands by international human rights organizations on the United States to cease its military and security aid to the Israeli enemy have increased.

This is based on the premise that this aid assists the Zionist entity in violating international laws in its continuous aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

Politico, an American newspaper, revealed a letter sent by several prominent humanitarian rights organizations to the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, urging him to halt military aid and all other forms of support to Israel due to its ongoing war on Gaza. The letter emphasized that this war has caused immense damage to civilians.

The newspaper clarified that the groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, urged Austin in the letter to “withhold US assistance, in accordance with US law and policy, that would facilitate violations of international humanitarian law” and “refrain from transferring explosive weapons to Israel for use in Gaza.” The letter was also sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser.

It added that the groups argue Austin has failed to live up to his own sweeping overhaul of the Pentagon’s efforts to reduce harm to civilians in US military operations, under the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan.

The groups also argue that any human rights violations in Gaza by Israeli forces should prompt the US to withhold security assistance based on US law and policy.