Witkoff, Huckabee visit aid distribution site in Gaza

[Hol]

(Aug. 1, 2025 / JNS)
A delegation led by President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Ambassador Mike Huckabee went into Gaza on Friday to inspect humanitarian aid efforts at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution site in Rafah, the U.S. envoy announced.

“This morning I joined @SEPeaceMissions Steve Witkoff for a visit to Gaza to learn the truth about @GHFUpdates aid sites,” Huckabee posted on X. “We received briefings from @IDF and spoke to folks on the ground. GHF delivers more than one million meals a day, an incredible feat! (286 kB)”

https://twitter.com/USAmbIsrael/status/1951238042078843160

In another post, Huckabee wrote, “Went into Gaza today & observed humanitarian food program by US launched GHF. Hamas hates GHF b/c it gets food to ppl w/o it being looted by Hamas. Over 100 MILLION meals served in 2 months. (493 kB).”

Witkoff, Huckabee visit aid distribution site in Gaza

“President Trump understands the stakes in Gaza and that feeding civilians, not Hamas, must be the priority," said GHF spokesperson Chapin Fay.

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[Margery]

Hamas hates GHF b/c it gets food to ppl w/o it being looted by Hamas.

That is the truth, that the world media purposely ignores.

 

[Hol]

Exclusive — Huckabee: Hamas Blocks Food to Gazans, then Blames Israel​

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told Breitbart News on Tuesday that Hamas, not Israel, is to blame for whatever food deprivation is being suffered by Palestinian people in Gaza, because it hoards food aid.

Huckabee said that while there was hunger in Gaza, Israel was trying to make sure that Palestinians received food aid. Hamas, however, was more concerned with controlling and profiting from aid — and damaging Israel’s image — than it was in helping the Palestinian people whom it purports to represent.

He explained:

The simple truth is, Hamas is the one responsible for the starvation, to the degree that there is starvation. I point out that if you look at the people from Hamas, they aren’t starving. These are well-fed people. I even said to Piers Morgan last night on an interview with him, I said, you know, there may be starvation going on in Gaza, but it’s not Hamas. These people don’t need food. They need Ozempic. Because they’re incredibly well fed. They look like Southern farm boys. I’ll tell you, who’s starving: the [Israeli] hostages are starving. And it really ticks me off when these European leaders like [France’s Emmanuel] Macron and [the UK’s Keir] Starmer, you know, they’re putting all this pressure on Israel to drop food in for people in Gaza, and I want them to maybe put a little pressure on Hamas to start feeding the hostages, and tell them to stop making these hostages dig their own graves, which I find revolting and disgusting. And where’s the condemnation for that? If there’s hunger in Gaza, and I believe there is — I’ll be the first to say I think that in pockets, not everywhere, but in pockets, there’s hunger. But the reason is twofold. One, Hamas prevents people from getting to the feeding sites and shoots some of them — and I heard that from the Gazans themselves — but a lot of the food that goes into Gaza is stolen and looted by Hamas, who put it in warehouses, and then they turn around and sell it to people on the black market. Last year, Hamas made $500 million — that’s half a billion dollars — selling the relief food, the humanitarian food. By the United Nations’ own numbers — hese aren’t numbers I attributed to them, this is what they report — 88% of the food that they send into Gaza is stolen or looted. I think about that. 88% — that’s a 12% effective success rate and an 88% failure rate.

Huckabee also faulted the United Nations (UN) for worsening the problem, and effectively helping Hamas:

Exclusive -- Huckabee: Hamas Blocks Food to Gazans, then Blames Israel

Mike Huckabee told Breitbart News that Hamas, not Israel, is to blame for whatever food deprivation is suffered by Palestinians in Gaza.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Margery]

Huckabee is truthful, and trustworthy. Haven't heard anything from Witkoff yet, and Witkoff has been trouble for Israel in the past.

 

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https://x.com/realannapaulina/status/1955499043330855115

Anna Paulina Luna

@realannapaulina

The
@UN
is not delivering food meant to provide humanitarian relief into Gaza instead claiming it is stolen/looted. Why? The world is asking.
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Ambassador Mike Huckabee

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Aug 12
Questions for the UN: Why don't you get that food into Gaza? I saw with my own eyes it sitting in the sun. UN reports 88% of the food they bring in gets looted or stolen. There is nothing "humanitarian" about that.