Top Trump officials Witkoff and Huckabee visit Gaza aid sites as hunger crisis worsens

Published August 1, 2025 1:17pm ET



Special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited food distribution sites in Gaza on Friday, as the United States seeks to establish a plan to get more humanitarian aid into the war-torn enclave.

The pair’s visit to a Gaza Humanitarian Fund distribution center comes days after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would set up food centers in Gaza to address “real starvation.”

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