The White House said special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee would inspect food distribution sites in Gaza.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy has arrived in Israel to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The visit, to inspect food-distribution sites and meet with locals, reflects a new sense urgency after cease-fire talks go nowhere.

International outcry over images of emaciated children and increasing reports of hunger-related deaths have pressured Israel to let more aid into the Gaza Strip.

The hunger crisis in Gaza has many asking if Israel had a deliberate policy of starving civilians. Israelis say that was never the case, but an ignorance of Palestinian suffering allowed an inconsistent government policy to lead to a calamity.