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cliffside

(1,282 posts)
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 06:48 PM Aug 1

Trump Envoy in Gaza Surveys Aid Efforts Firsthand

Source: NYT

Full article at link.

"Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy for peace missions, went to the Gaza Strip on Friday and visited an aid distribution site as a hunger crisis in the territory deepens.

... Mr. Witkoff posted a photograph on social media of himself and Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, at an aid site overseen by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or G.H.F. The much-criticized, Israel-backed group run by American security contractors has taken over a large part of the aid distribution system in Gaza since May.

... In his own social media post, Mr. Huckabee said that he and Mr. Witkoff had been briefed by the Israeli military and “spoke to folks on the ground.” It was not immediately clear whom he meant.

Mr. Witkoff was wearing a black “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” hat and a blue flak jacket in photographs included in the post..."

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/middleeast/witkoff-gaza-aid-trump-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a08.XeTF.Yvys1D8RY1T1&smid=url-share

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Tetrachloride

(8,896 posts)
1. He went. He wore Maga clothes. Thirdly,
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 07:53 PM
Aug 1

he was briefed by Israeli military.

i would guess that, of the 3 sentences, one is more common than the rest
for those who take an official look at the Middle East.

cliffside

(1,282 posts)
3. This is a second article showing a map of the estimated walk time to aid and the IDF military zones ...
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:42 PM
Aug 1

Last edited Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:31 PM - Edit history (1)

scroll down for more maps, graphs etc.

Full article at link.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/01/world/middleeast/gaza-hunger-aid-sites-deaths-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE8.F0nt.gtIoWO0q9daa&smid=url-share

"Sites are open for very short, unpredictable amounts of time

Gazans have frequently found it hard to know when and how to get aid from the Israeli-backed sites, creating further chaos and confusion.

The new distribution points have opened with little warning and have closed almost immediately as food runs out. Hoping to secure a box of food, Palestinians began arriving hours in advance, waiting in the middle of the night for the sites to open.

"In mid-June, the G.H.F. announced via Facebook only about a half-hour or less in advance that sites would open. The sites then closed less than 15 minutes later, with the G.H.F. saying the food had run out..."



AloeVera

(3,622 posts)
11. The opposite of humanitarian. It's nothing but a figleaf.
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:30 PM
Aug 1

The Gaza Humanitarian Figleaf.

Built on a foundation of cruelty and bad intent.

Just look at those videos of desparation.

Wtf is wrong with people who created this??

Grins

(8,751 posts)
5. Saw that pic. First thing I noticed was that damn hat!!!
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:02 PM
Aug 1

Why would you wear that - in Gaza???? Where people are starving and dying???

red dog 1

(31,704 posts)
7. From the OP
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:12 PM
Aug 1

"Much of the aid used to go through a system coordinated by the United Nations, which distributed it at hundreds of sites across the Gaza Strip.
Israel's new system, run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), had just four sites. At times, only one would be open per day. And none were in northern Gaza.
The result: Gazan would often have to walk hours through a war zone to get food from the sites."

cliffside

(1,282 posts)
10. Exactly, there were over 400 sites, now 4 sites surrounded by territory controlled by the IDF. nt
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:29 PM
Aug 1

Bayard

(26,577 posts)
15. If the Israeli military didn't fire on them,
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 11:27 PM
Aug 1

Then its not an honest assessment of the situation.

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