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08/01/2025August 1, 2025
US special envoy Witkoff to visit Gaza
US President ‘s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is set to travel to the on Friday, where he will observe the humanitarian situation on the ground and inspect aid deliveries alongside the US ambassador to , Mike Huckabee.
“The special envoy and the ambassador will brief the president immediately after their visit to approve a final plan for food and aid distribution into the region,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday.
Witkoff’s visit to the region comes after President Trump called the situation in Gaza “a terrible thing” in response to remarks from far-right Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene who on Tuesday called Israel’s offensive in the a “genocide.”
“Oh, it’s terrible what occurring there,” Trump told reporters. “People are very hungry.”
Shortly after Witkoff’s arrival in Jerusalem on Thursday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform: “The fastest way to end the Humanitarian Crises in Gaza is for Hamas to SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!”
militants took 251 Israelis hostage during their , and the militant group is still believed to be holding around 50 of them. Only around 20 are still believed to be alive.
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Skip next section Germany to provide additional €5 million for humanitarian aid in Gaza
08/01/2025August 1, 2025
Germany to provide additional €5 million for humanitarian aid in Gaza
will contribute a further €5 million ($5.7m) to the ‘ World Food Program (WFP) to support the operation of bakeries and soup kitchens in the .
The announcement was made by German Foreign Minister () while visiting UN aid facilities in on Thursday, where he also announced the opening of a new field hospital in Gaza.
The individual, pre-built parts of the field hospital reportedly arrived in in April. The facility is expected to be erected in the north of the Gaza Strip, where it will offer basic healthcare services.
According to the AFP news agency, this is the first German humanitarian aid to the since the start of the .
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Skip next section Germany’s Wadephul to visit occupied West Bank
08/01/2025August 1, 2025
Germany’s Wadephul to visit occupied West Bank
German Foreign Minister () will visit the Israeli-occupied on Friday where he will hold talks with Palestinian leader .
Increasing is expected to be high on the agenda in , as is a non-binding resolution passed by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, last week supporting the total annexation of the West Bank by .
After , including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, Wadephul warned that “Israel runs the risk of becoming increasingly isolated internationally” over what he called a “humanitarian disaster” in which is “beyond imagination.”
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Welcome to our coverage
Hello and welcome to our coverage of developments in the continuing on Friday, August 1.
After warning on Thursday to do more to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the or face increasing international isolation, German Foreign Minister will today travel to the for talks with , president of the Palestinian Authority.
Elsewhere, US President ‘s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is also in the region and is set to visit Gaza alongside the US ambassor to Israel, Mike Huckabee.
Meanwhile, there are renewed reports of Palestinians being shot and killed by Israeli troops while trying to access food and aid.
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