BREAKING: US Envoy Witkoff and Ambassador Huckabee to visit Gaza Friday after Trump promised to distribute aid

The officials plan to inspect current food distribution sites, coordinate additional aid deliveries, and meet with residents to assess conditions on the ground.

"Tomorrow, Special Envoy Witkoff & Ambassador Huckabee will be traveling into Gaza 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," said Leavitt.

It comes after President Trump announced that the US would step up efforts to provide food to Gaza.

Trump made the comments Monday during a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry, Scotland. He acknowledged the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, describing harrowing scenes of children suffering from starvation and pledging increased US involvement in delivering food aid.

“It’s going to be working where the United States will be helping with the food. You know, we have a lot of access to food; we got a lot of food ourselves, and we’re going to bring it over there. We’re also going to make sure that they don’t have barriers stopping people,” Trump said.

The president also slammed what he called physical blockades near distribution areas and added: “You know, you’ve seen the areas where they actually have food, and the people are screaming for the food in there. They’re 35, 40 yards away, and they won’t let them because they have lines that are set up, and whether they’re set up by Hamas or whoever, but they’re very strict lines, and we have to get rid of those lines."

“We’re gonna be even more involved. We did some airlifts before, some airdrops, and the people are running for it. And the Prime Minister is going to help us. They’re very effective with that. You’ve done that before and for many. They’ve done that for 100 years very well, so it’s not very hard to do, actually.”

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