Gaza latest: Trump envoy to enter Gaza after Netanyahu talks as nearly 100 aid-seekers killed in Israeli fire
Donald Trump is expected to approve a new Gaza humanitarian aid plan on Friday after his special envoy visits the besieged enclave, the White House has said.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee will enter Gaza today to witness the “hear firsthand about this dire situation on the ground”.
The two held a “very productive” meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials to discuss urgent humanitarian assistance for Gaza.
At least 111 people have been killed, including 91 aid-seekers, in the last 24 hours ending Thursday, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said.
The toll is expected to rise further as many of those killed or wounded were brought to isolated, smaller hospitals in northern Gaza and have not yet been counted.
Since the war began, the ministry has recorded 156 deaths from starvation and malnutrition, most of them in recent weeks, including at least 90 children.
The death toll in Gaza has now reached more than 60,000, according to local officials.
