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US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Gaza to assess what the White House called a “dire” starvation crisis first-hand, and formulate a plan to deliver more food.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Witkoff and US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee would enter Gaza on Friday, local time, following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.
Global pressure is mounting on Israel over starvation in Gaza.Credit: Getty
They would inspect the current food and aid distribution sites and “secure a plan to deliver more food, and meet with local Gazans to hear first-hand about this dire situation on the ground”, she said.
Following that they would immediately brief Trump and approve a final plan for food and aid distribution to the region, Leavitt said.
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