US special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Gaza on Friday to inspect food distribution sites, the White House said.

The Israeli military says it only targets militants and blames civilian deaths on Hamas because the militants operate in densely populated areas.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who has led the Trump administration’s efforts to wind down the nearly 22-month war, will arrive in Israel on Thursday for talks.

One in three people are going without food for days, the U.N. said, as global outrage grows over Israel’s restrictions on aid to Gaza.

Though there are larger hunger crises in the world in terms of sheer numbers, Gaza is, in many ways, the most intense. By September, leading humanitarian groups predict, 100 percent of the population will face acute food insecurity,