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 State Department issued a memo to American embassies that prevents new funding for foreign aid programs. It also states that there shall be a work-stop order issued for existing foreign assistance programs, according to Reuters.

The State Department began freezing foreign aid as President Trump ordered earlier this week, but said it would exempt foreign military financing for Israel and Egypt as well as emergency food aid. The freeze was outlined in a cable sent to U.

The State Department has frozen new funding for almost all U.S. aid programs worldwide, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to continue

The U.S. State Department issued a "stop-work" order on Friday for all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, according to a memo seen by Reuters, fulfilling an order issued by President Donald Trump.

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,

Waivers have been issued for military financing for Israel and Egypt, but Ukraine was not mentioned The US State Department issued a "stop-work" order on Friday for all existing foreign aid and paused new aid,