Trump Envoy in Gaza Surveys Aid Efforts Firsthand [View all]

Source: NYT

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"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..."

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