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US envoy Witkoff visits the Gaza aid operation that the UN calls unsafe
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 1 – Steve Witkoff visited a Gaza aid site supported by the US and Israel amid a worsening crisis where over 100 million meals have been delivered but violence and shortages persist, experts say.
- In a rare visit on Friday, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee toured a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site in Rafah, run by an Israeli-backed American contractor.
- U.S. envoy’s visit came a week after ceasefire talks in Qatar collapsed amid a humanitarian crisis at aid distribution sites, marked by violence and shortages.
- Following the visit, Palestinian medics at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza reported that 13 people were killed while trying to get aid near the site visited, including three shot dead hours later by Israeli forces.
- Amid mounting criticism, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation denied any deaths at its sites on Friday, while Israel and GHF maintain only warning shots were fired.
- Amid global pressure over Gaza’s devastation, international experts warn a ‘worst-case scenario of famine’ is unfolding, as Israel allows food air drops, but UN calls them insufficient.
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Hamas and Islamic Jihad have condemned Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff's visit to the Gaza Strip as a farce to divert international attention from the deaths of more than 1,000 Palestinians from gunfire…
Steve Witkoff toured a food delivery center, operated by the Israel-U.S. Cooperation Foundation, where more than a thousand Gazans were killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food Read
Trump envoy visits food aid site in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- U.S. President Donald Trump's Mideast envoy on Friday visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy.
Trump envoy visits food aid site in Gaza | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- U.S. President Donald Trump's Mideast envoy on Friday visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy.
US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by criticized Israeli-backed group
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy has visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy. International experts…
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