US envoy wraps up visit in Gaza and Israel to solve hunger woes

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US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff spent five hours in Gaza "level setting the facts on the ground" regarding the distribution of aid to Palestinians by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as well as visiting the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel to meet with families of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the war-torn enclave.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Steve Whitcoff, the envoy for the U.S. president in the Middle East, visited the hostages'

00:08square in Tel Aviv on Saturday. He met with families of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas

00:13in Gaza to the chants, bring them home now. Scores of protesters had gathered at the square

00:23during Whitcoff's visit, calling on the United States to end the conflict in Gaza and secure

00:29the release of the remaining 50 hostages. The war needs to end. The Israeli government

00:35will not end it willingly. It has refused to do so. The Israeli government must be stopped

00:45for our sakes, for our soldiers' sakes, for our hostages' sakes, for our sons, and for

00:53the future generations of everybody in the Middle East.

00:58Whitcoff also spent five hours in Gaza on Friday, level setting the facts on the ground, regarding

01:04the distribution of aid to Palestinians by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. He toured the

01:10U.S.-backed aid operation as he said he wanted to assess the situation on the ground in order

01:15to craft a plan to deliver food and medical aid to the people of Gaza. The United Nations

01:21had said more than 1,000 people have been killed trying to receive aid in Gaza since the Gaza

01:27Humanitarian Foundation began operating there in May, most of them shot by Israeli forces

01:33operating near the sites. However, the Foundation said no one had been killed at its distribution

01:39points and that it is doing a better job of protecting aid deliveries than the UN. Gazans

01:45were cautiously optimistic that Whitcoff's visit would improve their situation.

01:50Trans translated by Tzidrani Winther

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