American envoy Steve Whitchov and Ambassador Mike Hakapi visit the aid distribution site in Gaza with bad humanitarian crisis

President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkeov and US Ambassador visited Israel Mike Hackabi South Gaza Friday Amid international anger On hunger, lack of aid and deadly chaos near the aid distribution sites.

Hakapi said that Wittakov and Hakapi toured a site of the distribution of the United States and Israeli Humanitarian Foundation.

The goal of the visit was to “learn the truth” about GHF sites, as Huckabe wrote in a social media post.

“We have received a briefing from (IDF) and we talked to people on Earth. GHF offers more than a million meals a day, an incredible achievement!” Hackabi said.

Witkoff and Huckabe visited the GHF site in Rafah, Gaza City in the far south of Gaza, according to an official involved in the visit. The official asked not to be identified because they were not allowed to see the media.

“Today, we spent more than five hours inside Gaza – the level in setting facts on the ground, evaluating conditions, and meeting with
(GHF) and other agencies. “The purpose of the visit was to give (President Trump) a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation and help in formulating a plan to provide food and medical assistance to the people of Gaza,” Witkev said on social media.

“Mr. Trump sent his envoy to serve as his eyes and ears on the ground, which reflects his deep concern and his commitment to doing what is true.” “We were honored in short his delegation, sharing our operations, and showing the effect of providing 100 million meals to those who need it more.”

All the group distribution sites in the areas controlled by the Israeli army. Throughout the most famous of them, these sites have become a point of despair, with mass crowds of people who gather abroad but suffer from fire from the Israeli forces or have been refuted in the resulting crushing.

The Israeli army says it only launched warning shots on people approaching its forces, and GHF says that armed contractors have only used pepper spray or warning shots that were controlled by the crowd. But there has been a continuous pattern of people who were killed by Israeli fire and even heavier weapons around GHF sites in the past five months, with hundreds of death.

Witkoff’s visit comes a week after US officials moved away from the ceasefire talks in Qatar, blamed Hamas and pledged to search for other ways to save the Israeli hostages and make Gaza safe.

White House press secretary Caroline Levitte said on Thursday that he was sent to formulate a plan to increase food and assistance as part of an effort to “save lives and end this crisis”, while Mr. Trump wrote on social media that the fastest way to end the crisis will be Hamas to surrender and issue hostages.

International organizations have said that Gaza has been on the verge of famine over the past two years. The classification of integrated food security, which is the leading international authority in food crises, said that recent developments, including the full blockade of Israel on assistance for two and a half months, means “the worst scenario of famine that currently plays in Gaza.”

Although the flow of aid has resumed, including via Airdrops, the quantity that enters Gaza is still much lower than the aid organizations say. The security collapse in the region made almost impossible to deliver food safely to the Palestinians hunger; A lot of limited aid is stored and sold later at exorbitant prices.

In a report issued on Friday, Human Rights Watch called “a defective and military aid distribution system that transformed aid distributions into regular blood baths.”

The Israeli army and the Prime Minister’s office did not respond to a request to comment on the report.

A video clip on July 30, published by the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Coordination, showed an auxiliary convoy that exceeds the border crossing with fire on the ground near the place where the crowds gather.

“We met on the road by tens of thousands of hungry and living persons who emptied everything directly from the appearance of our trucks,” said Olga Chevco, one of Ocha’s employees.

The war between Israel and Hamas started when Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 others. They still carry 50 hostages, including about 20 believed to be alive. Most of the others have been released in the ceasefire or other deals.

The retaliation of Israel has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in Gaza. Its number does not distinguish between militants and civilians. The ministry operates under the Hamas government. The United Nations and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on victims.

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He contributed to this report.