Trump’s emissary promises more humanitarian aid after a visit to Gaza

American emissary Steve Witkoff made a visit to the war devastated by the war on Friday, promising to increase humanitarian aid there, when the pressure increases on Israel in the face of human losses in the hungry Palestinian territory.

Upstream of this visit by the emissary of President Donald Trump, the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has castigated the aid distribution system set up by Israel and the United States through the Humanitarian Foundation in Gaza (GHF), which has become, according to her, mortal trap For the Gazaouis.

After almost 22 months of a devastating war launched by a bloody Hamas attack against Israel on October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip is threatened with a widespreadaccording to theHim, And is totally dependent on humanitarian aid.

In a new assessment, the Civil Defense in Gaza identified 22 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes and fire, including eight while waiting for help. Two of them were near a site in the GHF.

What have our sons and daughters do? What did the children do to deserve this famine? Have mercy on us! Launches the sixties Yasmine Al-Farra at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younès (South), where she cries her son killed.

Steve Witkoff and the United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, visited a center in the morning GHF In order to know the truth about help sitessaid Huckabee.

Mr. Witkoff then specified on X that their visit, of More than five hourswas intended to provide @potus (President Trump) a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation and to develop a plan to deliver food and medical aid to the inhabitants of Gaza.

According to the American site Axios, Trump said that he was working on a plan in Gaza To feed people.

The GHF launched its operations at the end of May, after almost three months of total humanitarian blockade imposed by Israel, dismissing the aid system put in place by theHim.

Since then, 1373 Palestinians waiting for help have been killed in Gaza, including 859 near the sites of the GHFan organization with opaque funding, most by the Israeli army, said theHim.

In a report, HRW denounced a humanitarian system militarized who provoked, according to theONG, of the blood baths. She described as war crimes THE Murders of Palestinians looking for food by Israeli forces.

The Israeli army, requested by theAFPsaid examined reports of civilian victims near the distribution areas.

For the past week, several countries have started aerior food drops. Friday, images of theAFP have shown Gazaouis rushing to parcels parachuted in Jabaliya (North).

But the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, judged them Insufficient and ineffectivepleading for a return to land routes coordinated by theHimwhile, according to him, 6000 trucks are waiting for green light to enter Gaza.

Mr. Witkoff, who went to Gaza in January, met Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu on Thursday, under pressure in Israel to keep his commitments to destroy Hamas and release the Israelis kidnapped on October 7, and abroad to silence the weapons in Gaza.

Thursday, in Jerusalem, the head of German diplomacy, Johann Wadephul, denounced a Humanitarian disaster in Gaza (which) goes beyond the imagination.

Mr. Wadephul, whose country is an ally of Israel, previously said that this country was more and more in a minority position while a increasing number of countries, including European, are ready to recognize a Palestinian state.

Portugal said Thursday that it was planning to recognize the state of Palestine, following the example of Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Such a recognition remains largely symbolic due to the refusal of Israel before the creation of such a state to which the Palestinians aspire.

Israel denounced a Deformed international pressure campaign coming reward Hamaswho took power in Gaza in 2007.

The October 7 attack led to the Israeli side of 1,219 people on the Israeli, mostly civilians, according to a count of theAFP Made from official data. Of the 251 people kidnapped that day, 49 are still hostages in Gaza, 27 of which were declared dead by the army.

The reprisals offensive, launched by Israel in Gaza, left at least 60,249 dead, mostly civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, deemed reliable by theHim.