Speaking about Gaza, US President Donald Trump tells the Axios news site, “We want to help people. We want to help them live. We want to get people fed. It is something that should have happened a long time ago.”
During a phone call with the news site, Trump blames Hamas for stealing and selling aid that has entered Gaza.
He says he has not yet been briefed by US special envoy Steve Witkoff on the latter’s visit to a distribution site run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Trump says Witkoff is “doing great work.”
He declines to provide details on the new humanitarian plan that the White House says it will announce shortly.
It is unclear whether it will simply amount to the expansion of GHF or the creation of a new mechanism entirely.
Asked about an Israeli official’s assertion on Thursday that the US and Israel have agreed to pursue a comprehensive Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal after talks on a phased framework hit another impasse last week, Trump responds, “You will see soon.”
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