U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Gaza to see aid operations for himself and speak to Palestinians as international pressure mounts over humanitarian crisis.
Aug. 1 U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visited Gaza on Friday to see firsthand the operations of the U.S.-Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the besieged Palestinian territory and speak to those living there after hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while waiting for aid since it began operation.
Witkoff’s visit to Rafah in the south of the strip, reported by CNN, the BBC and the Times of Israel, his second in less than six months, was part of a Trump administration plan to get more food and aid to civilians in Gaza.
Confirming the visit, the White House said Thursday that Witkoff would travel to Gaza, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, „to inspect the current distribution sites and secure a plan to deliver more food and meet with local Gazans to hear firsthand about this dire situation on the ground.“
The two officials would „brief the president [Donald Trump] immediately after their visit to approve a final plan for food and aid distribution into the region“, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at her regular press briefing.
