Overview

• Steve Witkoff will travel to Israel on Thursday in his first publicly known trip since helping secure a U.S. hostage release in May.
• The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued an alert this week warning that Gaza is entering a “worst-case” famine scenario.
• President Trump said the U.S. will set up food centers in the enclave to bolster aid delivery and acknowledged “real starvation” among civilians.
• Prime Minister Netanyahu has denied that Gazans are starving, while U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee affirmed the strength of the U.S.-Israel partnership.
• Ceasefire negotiations remain deadlocked after U.S. and Israeli teams pulled out of Doha last week, blaming Hamas for the impasse.