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Trump’s envoy makes high-stakes trip to mideast
NBC News· 2025-08-01 00:30
Tonight, in the midst of growing criticism of Israel over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. President Trump has described some conditions in Gaza as starvation. Those are kids that are starving.They got to get them food and we're going to get them food. While the president today calling out Hamas, posting the fastest way to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is for Hamas to surrender and release the hostages. The U ...
American nurse in Gaza calls on Trump's special envoy to Middle East to see crisis firsthand
NBC News· 2025-07-31 16:33
If uh Mr. . Wickoff is going to come to um Israel, then I would invite him to come inside Gaza. Come inside and take a look for yourself.So I invite uh the leaders of the world to come to demand to come inside. Come into Nasser, come into the ICU with me and walk around and take a look at the patients and you will see that what is really happening is a forced starvation of an entire population. The reason I would say come and take a look for yourself is because once you see it, you can't unsee it.And um if ...
Trump envoy visits Israel as Gaza hunger crisis reaches 'tipping point'
MSNBC· 2025-07-31 16:19
Let's bring in Gershon Baskin, Middle East director for the International Communities Organization. Gershan, you're also in Israel. I'm curious, how are Israelis reacting to the images and all the reporting of starvation coming out of Gaza.And is it impacting their feelings about the prime minister. >> Most Israelis don't believe that there's hunger in Gaza. They don't believe that a line that people are starving is true.They believe it's propaganda. So, they don't accept it. There are more Israelis though ...
Gaza's Hunger Crisis: Why Isn't Aid Getting Through?
WSJ News· 2025-07-30 09:32
Child hunger is increasing across the Gaza Strip according to Palestinians and aid organizations. >> And some of those kids are that's real starvation stuff. I see it.And you can't fake that. The IPC, the UNbacked scientific authority on food emergencies, reported famine conditions in Gaza, the most dire assessment since the war began. Pallets of food at this massive stockpile on the border could help address that suffering.Instead, they've been left rotting in the blistering summer sun. Both sides now trad ...
Navigating misinformation from Gaza as Israel restricts access for journalists
MSNBC· 2025-07-29 21:15
fellow and Israeli writer Hen Mazig and Hen obviously there is tremendous suffering in Gaza right now there's no denying it and we are seeing the images of it uh there's a flood of the content coming in online you are watching social media all the time and you caution that two things can be true at the same time we talk about this you can know that there's real suffering and have incredible empathy and demand a change and also know that there is viral disinformation out there what are you seeing in the land ...
'Worst-case scenario of famine' unfolding in Gaza, global authority on hunger says
MSNBC· 2025-07-29 16:54
the world's leading hunger watchdog group saying the worst case scenario of famine is unfolding in the Gaza Strip. That new alert comes on the third day that Israel has paused fighting in parts of Gaza, letting in hundreds of trucks full of aid and allowing other countries to airdrop dozens of aid pallets. When it lands, it's met by a scrum of desperate people trying to feed their families."I came only for my son," said this man. The aid came from the sky and I had to run after it. I've never had to do this ...
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BBC News (World)· 2025-07-29 05:58
Humanitarian groups warn coming days crucial for thousands at risk of starvation in Gaza https://t.co/BfpRlLIbp7 ...
Trump on Gaza conditions: ‘That’s real starvation’
NBC News· 2025-07-29 00:30
Tonight, facing fierce criticism, Israel allowing airdrops of aid into Gaza. Thousands of tons of aid dropped by United Arab Emirates military planes in partnership with Jordan. And an Israeli aid drop overnight, met by droves of desperate Palestinians clamoring for food, carrying away sacks on their backs.I'm going to die for flour so we can eat. 18-year-old Abdul says. Israel paused its offensive against Hamas to allow more aid distribution, but the UN calling it a drop in the ocean compared to what's nee ...
'Spinning out of control': Aid worker urges more food be let into Gaza
MSNBC· 2025-07-28 22:30
Has the president now who said there's no starvation in Gaza. Do you agree with that assessment. I don't know.I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly because those children look very hungry. Some of those kids are That's real starvation stuff. I see it.And you can't fake that. Based on television, says the man with access to the world's finest intelligence products. But it is notable.Donald Trump earlier today in um one of his most significant breaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne ...
‘Death trap’: Sen. Van Hollen says Israel is using food as a ‘weapon of war’
MSNBC· 2025-07-28 18:24
21 US senators are demanding action from the Trump administration in the face of Gaza's starvation crisis. They're calling for the US to stop funding the Israeli backed humanitarian foundation, which delivers food to Gaza. The UN says more than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli forces trying to get food in Gaza since May, mostly at or near those often chaotic distribution sites.In their letter, the senators write, "There should be no American taxpayer dollars contributing to this scheme." Joining me ...