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Steve Witkoff visits Gaza amid worsening hunger crisis, Huckabee says Gazans 'love Trump,' deletes post later

While hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli fire while heading to aid sites since May, Israel continues to say that there is no hunger crisis in Gaza. Trump's aides visited an aid site amid the worst-case famine unfolding in the region due to Israel's continuous offensive

Trump's aides in Gaza amid hunger crisis and disastrous famine situation
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Trump's aides in Gaza amid hunger crisis and disastrous famine situation

Even as US President Donald Trump seems to have turned a blind eye to the sufferings of Gazans, his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited a food distribution site in Gaza Strip

Trump's aides visit Gaza strip amid worsening humanitarian crisis
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Trump's aides visit Gaza strip amid worsening humanitarian crisis

Amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip.

Israel dismissed Gaza's hunger crisis as 'fake campaign' by Hamas
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Israel dismissed Gaza's hunger crisis as 'fake campaign' by Hamas

Their visit comes even as Israel dismissed Gaza's hunger crisis as fake news spread by Hamas. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated that “there is no starvation in Gaza” and it is a “false campaign promoted by Hamas.”

Witkoff and Huckabee toured a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
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Witkoff and Huckabee toured a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Witkoff and Huckabee toured a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, which has been almost completely destroyed and is now a largely depopulated Israeli military zone. Meanwhile, the GHF has been accused of violating all norms of humanitarian work

Earning of 'worst-case famine' in Gaza even after Israel halted offensive in few areas
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Earning of 'worst-case famine' in Gaza even after Israel halted offensive in few areas

International experts and aid groups warned that a worst-case famine is playing out in Gaza due to 22-month military offensive in the region. They said that Israel's renewed strike in the past month made it impossible to safely deliver food to starving people.

Gazans face malnutrition, hunger crisis
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Gazans face malnutrition, hunger crisis

Dozens of Gazans have died of malnutrition in the past few weeks, according to the Gaza Health Ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. A total of 127 people have died due to malnutrition, including 85 children, since the start of the war