The US has halted foreign aid for several countries, including Ukraine, but exempted Israel and Turkey. Secretary of State Rubio's directive mandates this freeze, with exceptions for emergency food and military funding for allies.

The United States, world's biggest donor, has not frozen emergency food and military funding for Israel and Egypt, according to a news agency AFP report.

The U.S. froze nearly all foreign aid under Secretary of State Marco Rubio's directive, sparing only Israel and Egypt, a decision that's sparked geopolitical and legal concerns.

President Trump exempted military financing for Israel and Egypt and emergency food aid.

The United States, the world's biggest donor, froze virtually all foreign aid on Friday, making exceptions only for emergency food, and military funding for Israel and Egypt. But the memo explicitly made exceptions for military assistance to Israel -- whose longstanding major arms packages from the United States have expanded further since the Gaza war -- and Egypt,