US working to open maritime corridor for Gaza aid, White House says

The United States is going to redouble efforts to open up a maritime corridor into Gaza to bring "hopefully large amounts" of humanitarian aid by sea, White House spokesman John Kirby said on Friday.

A maritime corridor would be on top of efforts to expand delivery of aid by land and Washington will "continue to push Israel to facilitate more trucks going in and more routes being opened" into Gaza, Kirby told a briefing.