Trump envoy visits Gaza aid sites as Israel accused of starvation policy

01-Aug-2025

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United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, travelled to Gaza to inspect aid distribution as pressure mounts on Israel over its starvation policy in the war-torn Palestinian territory.

Witkoff and US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, visited aid distribution sites run by the controversial US- and Israeli-backed GHF on August 1. Condemnation of Israel is growing over famine in Gaza and reports that more than 1,000 desperately hungry Palestinians have been killed since May at the GHF sites.

The diplomats “spent over five hours inside Gaza”, Witkoff said in a post on X, accompanied by a photo of himself wearing a protective vest and meeting staff at a distribution site. He added that the purpose of the trip was to “help craft a plan to deliver food and medical aid to the people of Gaza”.

Friday’s visit was “to learn the truth” about the GHF’s distribution activities, Hucakbee said on X. During the trip, they were briefed by the Israeli military and spoke to “folks on the ground”, he added.