President Donald Trump said this week the U.S. would send more aid to Gaza, especially food, as the hunger crisis worsens.

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit the Gaza Strip on Friday to inspect aid distribution centres, the White House has said. Witkoff and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, will seek to "secure a plan to deliver more food and meet with local Gazans to hear firsthand about this dire situation on the ground,

Steve Witkoff, the White House's special envoy to the Middle East, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Thursday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee had a "very productive meeting" with Netanyahu on delivering food and aid to Gaza.