Blinken calls on countries to do more to help Palestinians in Gaza

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced more than $400m in humanitarian assistance to Palestinians at the conference in Jordan as he called for other donors to also step up.

"Only one-third of the current UN appeal is funded. That leaves a shortfall of approximately $2.3bn. Every country can help fill this gap... Some have expressed great concern over the suffering of Palestinian people in Gaza, including in countries with the capacity to give a lot, [but they] have provided very little or nothing at all," he said.