Trump's Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff To Visit Gaza Aid Site Amid Outrage Over Starvation Under Israel's Assault

President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee were group to make an highly uncommon sojourn to Gaza connected Friday amid nan spiraling hunger situation successful nan enclave nether Israel's deadly violative and assistance restrictions.

Witkoff and Huckabee were making nan travel arsenic portion of an effort from Washington to unafraid a scheme to spot much nutrient delivered to Palestinians successful Gaza arsenic deaths from starvation successful nan enclave proceed to rise, according to nan White House.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said during a property briefing Thursday nan delegation would beryllium walking into Gaza to "inspect nan existent distribution sites" and "meet pinch section Gazans to perceive firsthand" astir nan "dire business connected nan ground."

It was not clear really arrangements for nan visit, including nan meetings pinch section Palestinians successful Gaza were being arranged, pinch Israel having maintained strict power complete entree to Gaza passim nan war, barring world media and overseas officials from entering nan territory independently.

Palestinians shape a statement to person basking meals successful Gaza's al-Zeitoun vicinity connected Thursday.Abdalhkem Abu Riash / Anadolu via Getty Images

The travel comes arsenic a increasing number of Palestinians proceed to die from starvation contempt months of warnings from humanitarian groups astir nan effect of Israel’s violative and nan strict assistance restrictions it has upheld.

Leavitt said Witkoff and Huckabee would little Trump "immediately aft their sojourn to o.k. a last scheme for nutrient and assistance distribution into nan region."

She said much specifications would beryllium forthcoming erstwhile nan scheme was "approved and agreed connected by nan president of nan United States."

Their sojourn to Gaza comes aft Witkoff traveled to Israel and met pinch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successful Jerusalem connected Thursday to reside nan dire humanitarian business successful nan Palestinian enclave.

It comes days aft nan world’s starring assemblage connected hunger, nan Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, aliases IPC, sounded nan siren that nan “worst-case script of famine” was now unfolding successful Gaza.

Trump said earlier this week that "real starvation" was taking place, citing images he had seen connected TV successful a break pinch Netanyahu who has denied location is starvation successful nan enclave and sought to blasted Hamas for nan crisis.

Israel complete nan play announced it would person "tactical" pauses successful subject operations and assistance immoderate restrictions to let much assistance into nan enclave, but assistance groups person said location is still not capable assistance entering nan territory to stave disconnected famine.

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