The US senator from Vermont has released a statement calling for Israeli PM Netanyahu’s recent commitments to expand aid access to the Gaza Strip to be “closely monitored on a daily basis”.

This is necessary “given Israel’s horrendous humanitarian record thus far”, Sanders’s statement said, according to Al Jazeera.

On Friday, Netanyahu said Israel would “temporarily” open the Beit Hanoun (Erez) border crossing in Gaza’s north to allow in more aid, and that he would take steps to increase the aid that is allowed into the Strip.

Sanders’s statement reminded US President Joe Biden that he said United States policy on Gaza would be dependent on Netanayhu’s follow-through on expanding aid access. He also called on the US to stop supplying Israel with additional military aid “while this horrific humanitarian crisis endures”, saying that a majority of US citizens supported this position.