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Donald Trump has said he 'wants the people fed' and denies there is genocide in Gaza
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 5 – Trump plans new aid delivery strategy after US envoy visits Gaza amid crisis where over 154 Palestinians have died from hunger since October 2023, Gaza Health Ministry reports.
- On Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump denied that Israel's military actions in Gaza amount to genocide, referring to the conflict that followed the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
- The war began with Hamas' massacre killing about 1,200 people, leading to more than 60,000 Palestinian deaths and growing criticism of Israel's humanitarian actions.
- Trump emphasized U.S. efforts to fund food and medical aid for Gazans and acknowledged severe starvation while opposing the genocide label.
- Steve Witkoff, Trump's envoy, visited Gaza on August 1 to assess the crisis and coordinate humanitarian aid, following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
- The ongoing conflict has sparked calls from Israeli officials for ceasefire negotiations, and Trump's stance suggests continued U.S. support for Israel without accepting genocide accusations.
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Witkoff and Trump discussed plans for US to increase role in aid to
WASHINGTON: US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump discussed plans for Washington to significantly increase its role in providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing two US officials and an Israeli official. The report said the discussions took place in a meeting between Witkoff and Trump on Monday at the White House, adding Israel
Trump Rejects Claims Israel Is Committing ‘Genocide’ in Gaza
US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein US President Donald Trump has denied that Israel is committing a so-called “genocide” in Gaza, arguing that the Jewish state is instead fighting a justifiable war to remove the Hamas terrorist group from the Palestinian enclave. While he prepared to board Air Force One in Pennsylvania on Sunday, reporters asked Trump whether …
J Street head says he was ‘persuaded’ by arguments that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
(JTA) — Days after rejecting the claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami says he has been “persuaded” that he was wrong. Ben-Ami’s about face makes him the latest in a growing list of prominent left-wing Jewish voices to lodge the accusation, which Israel denies and which U.S. President Donald Trump rejected on Sunday. In a newsletter Sunday marking Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning to commemorate catastro…
President Donald Trump was asked during a press conference in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Sunday night if U.S. officials, including Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, had seen evidence of genocide in Gaza.]]>
Trump Says He Doesn’t Believe Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza
President Donald Trump said he does not believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza on Sunday, but is fighting a war.“I don’t think it’s that. They’re in a war,” Trump responded to a reporter who asked him if he’s seen evidence of genocide in Gaza.The president went on to point out that Hamas’s October 7 massacre was a “horrible, horrible thing,” adding that it was “one of the worst” he’s ever seen.“I’ve seen some bad things, but October 7th w…
Al Bawaba - A week after US President Donald Trump declared that there is no famine in Gaza and that what is happening there is "malnutrition," Trump reiterated yesterday his emphasis on the need for Israel to feed the people in Gaza, adding that his country does not want people in the Gaza Strip to starve and that bad things are happening there at the moment...
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