U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and special envoy Steve Witkoff made a rare trip to Gaza on Friday amid heightened pressure — including from within MAGA circles — to reconsider the administration’s support for Israel’s war on Hamas and intervene in Gaza’s hunger crisis.

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit the Gaza Strip on Friday to inspect aid distribution centres, the White House has said. Witkoff and the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, will seek to "secure a plan to deliver more food and meet with local Gazans to hear firsthand about this dire situation on the ground,

Israel’s nearly 22-month military offensive against Hamas has shattered security in the territory of some 2 million Palestinians and made it nearly impossible to safely deliver food to starving people.