U.S. President Donald Trump
By Agency reports
Two senior Trump officials visited an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip, as Washington’s close ally Israel faces an international outcry over widespread hunger afflicting the war-torn Palestinian territory.
President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, on Friday toured a site ran by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which backed the U.S. and Israel.
Huckabee shared photos of the visit on X, where he called the GHF’s work incredible.
“We received briefings from the Israel Defense Forces and spoke to folks on the ground,” he wrote.
Huckabee said he went to Gaza with Witkoff in order to learn the truth about the humanitarian situation there after 21 months of war.
In one of the photos, Witkoff could be seen wearing a black “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said earlier on Thursday that the two officials would use the visit to help secure a plan to deliver more food to Gaza.
The GHF is highly contentions, with the help of U.S. contractors, it distributes humanitarian aid through channels that bypass UN agencies, which have long played a leading role in delivering food, medicine and supplies to Palestinians.
There are frequent reports of desperately hungry Palestinians being killed while attempting to access food at GHF distribution sites.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said there was real starvation occurring in Gaza.
Israel has significantly limited aid deliveries for months, allowing little to no humanitarian access to the coastal territory, although its restrictions have eased in recent days. (dpa/NAN)
