Newsom’s office said California will also send medical aid and supplies to the region, including Gaza, where Israel has launched a “full-on hunger strike” and cut off food, electricity and water supplies in response to the group’s deadly attacks militant Hamas October 7
Hamas attacks killed more than 1,400 people, and Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 3,785 people have died in Gaza since the war began. UN negotiations to get aid to Gaza through Egypt are ongoing.
California is home to the largest population of Arab Americans and the second largest population of Jews in the US
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is in Israel today with victims of the October 7 Hamas attacks. Sen. Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) had been in China but quickly left amid the attacks on Israel. Schumer then led a delegation to Tel Aviv, which was taken to a cramped bunker shelter during the heavy rocket fire.
Christopher Cadelago contributed to this report.
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