U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there are signs of “real starvation” in Gaza and announced that the United States will establish food centres in the conflict-hit Palestinian territory to help address the worsening hunger crisis.
“I mean, some of those kids — that’s real starvation stuff,” Trump told reporters following a meeting in Scotland with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “We’re going to set up food centres where the people can walk in — and no boundaries. We’re not going to have fences.”
As the death toll from two years of war in Gaza nears 60,000, a growing number of people are dying from starvation and malnutrition, Gaza health authorities say, with images of starving children shocking the world and fuelling international criticism of Israel over sharply worsening conditions.
Describing starvation in Gaza as real, Trump’s assessment put him at odds with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said on Monday “there is no starvation in Gaza” and vowed to fight on against the Palestinian group Hamas.
