From: The Times of Israel May 15, 2025
Rubio ‘troubled’ by Gaza humanitarian crisis, urges solutions to avoid Hamas aid theft:

Secretary says he spoke to Netanyahu but avoids specifying whether he pushed PM to lift blockade;
recognizes criticism of new initiative; asserts he’s open to alternatives;

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday he was “troubled” by the humanitarian situation in Gaza amid a nearly two-and-a-half-month-long Israeli blockade on aid entering the Strip.

Rubio avoided criticizing Israel for the blockade while taking questions from reporters in Antalya, also revealing that he had spoken earlier in the day with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He didn’t go as far as to say that he had pressed Netanyahu on the issue, and a subsequently issued State Department readout on the call didn’t mention the matter at all.

On April 25 US President Donald Trump told reporters that he had pressed Netanyahu to allow food and medicine into Gaza.
On May 5 Trump said Gazans were “starving” but that Hamas has made it “impossible” to get aid into the Strip.