House Majority Leader Steve Scalise had called it a sign of 'appeasement.'
October 8, 2023, 9:29 AMSecretary of State Antony Blinken attends a security meeting with Mexican officials at the National Palace in Mexico City, on Oct. 5, 2023.
Blinken stressed that the funds are designated solely for humanitarian purposes and are not U.S. tax dollars. "Some who are advancing this false narrative -- they're either misinformed or they're misinforming, and either way it's wrong," Blinken said. Critics of the transfer, including House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, say that the money frees up Iran to better financially support extremists like Hamas -- the militant group that launched an expansive attack from Gaza into southern Israel beginning on Saturday.
More than 500 people have died in Israel, according to the health ministry, and hundreds more people have been killed in Gaza amid the ongoing fighting as Israel pushes to repel the attackers.
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