President Donald Trump recently discussed Gaza with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their conversation. Trump mentioned that he emphasized the importance of providing assistance to Gaza due to the suffering of its residents.
Trump informed reporters that he highlighted the urgent need for food and medicine in Gaza, emphasizing that the situation is being addressed. Netanyahu reportedly responded positively to the initiative to increase aid to Gaza.
President Donald Trump (left) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right). (Getty Images / Fox News Digital)
Aid deliveries to Gaza have been halted since March 2, leading to global concern over the escalating crisis in the region. Despite Trump’s efforts to urge a change in approach towards Gaza, Israel has maintained its stance of not allowing aid to enter until all hostages are released.
There is concern and frustration in Israel over allegations that aid has gone to Hamas terrorists instead of the people of Gaza. In November 2024, the Associated Press reported that prices in Gaza skyrocketed after nearly 100 trucks of food and humanitarian aid were looted by armed men.
Freed Hamas hostage Eli Sharabi briefs the U.N. Security Council on his time in captivity, demands the remaining hostages be released. (Perry Bindelglass)
While speaking to the United Nations Security Council, freed Hamas hostage Eli Sharabi said his captors often had boxes of supplies with U.N. logos on them in the tunnels. Sharabi, who weighed just 97 pounds when he was released, said the hostages were starved while “Hamas eats link kings.”
The Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), an Israeli agency, said that when the hostage deal was in place, 25,200 trucks entered Gaza carrying 447,538 tons of humanitarian aid.
