Donald Trump Plans To 'Take Over' Gaza Aid Effort Amid Hunger Crisis: Report

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Last Updated:August 06, 2025, 08:17 IST

Donald Trump is reportedly planning to expand his involvement in managing humanitarian aid to Gaza, citing worsening starvation and inadequate Israeli response.

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Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump is reportedly mulling a significant increase in his role in providing humanitarian aid to Gaza. Axios quoted two US officials and an Israeli official as saying that the US President discussed such plans with special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting earlier this week.

According to the report, Witkoff flew in from Miami to meet Trump for dinner on Monday. He had been to Israel and Gaza before that.

A US official told the publication that during Trump’s meeting with Witkoff, it was decided that the Trump administration would “take over" management of the humanitarian effort in Gaza, because Israel isn’t handling it adequately.

Trump is “not thrilled" about the idea of the US taking charge, “but it kind of has to happen," the official was quoted as saying.

“There doesn’t seem to be another way," the official added.

“The starvation problem in Gaza is getting worse. Donald Trump does not like that. He does not want babies to starve. He wants mothers to be able to nurse their children. He’s becoming fixated on that," the official continued.

The report also quoted another US official as saying that the administration will be careful not to get dragged too deeply into the Gaza crisis.

“The President doesn’t want to see the US being the only country throwing money at this problem. It’s a global problem. And he’s been tasking Witkoff and others to make sure everyone is stepping up, our European friends and our Arab friends," the official said.

An Israeli official, commenting on the development, told the publication, “They are going to spend a lot of money in order to help us significantly improve the humanitarian situation so that it will be less of an issue."

Since March, when Israel ended a ceasefire in its war with Hamas and halted all imports, the situation has grown increasingly dire in the territory of some 2 million Palestinians.

experts are now warning of a “worst-case scenario of famine" in Gaza.

Under heavy international pressure, Israel last week announced measures to let more aid into Gaza. Though aid groups say it’s still not enough, getting even that amount from the border crossings to the people who need it is difficult and extremely dangerous, the drivers said.

On Monday, thousands of people packed the road as two trucks entered southern Gaza. Young men overwhelmed the trucks, standing on the cabs’ roofs, dangling from the sides and clambering over each other onto the truck beds to grab boxes even as the trucks slowly kept driving.

Meanwhile, the United Nations does not accept protection from Israeli forces, saying it would violate its rules of neutrality, and said that given the urgent need for aid, it would accept that hungry people were going to grab food off the back of the trucks as long as they weren’t violent.

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Vani Mehrotra

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

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