Trump Calls For Israel to Allow Journalists Into Gaza

President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday he would like to see international reporters allowed into Gaza to see what is going on there and cover the humanitarian situation.

Trump was asked by a reporter in the Oval Office, “Will you pressure Israel to allow journalists into Gaza to cover the humanitarian efforts the U.S. is pursuing?”

“I’d like to see that happen, sure,” Trump cut in as the reporter tried to finish, but Trump added, “I’d like to see that happen.”

“I would be very fine with journalists going in. It’s a very dangerous position to be in, as you know, if you’re a journalist. But I would like to see it,” Trump added.

In late July, Trump broke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and declared, “There is no starvation in Gaza.”

Trump was asked about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza while meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Turnberry, Scotland. “It’s going to be working where the United States will be helping with the food. You know, we have a lot of access to food; we got a lot of food ourselves, and we’re going to bring it over there. We’re also going to make sure that they don’t have barriers stopping people,” Trump said when asked about the issue. He added:

You know, you’ve seen the areas where they actually have food, and the people are screaming for the food in there. They’re 35, 40 yards away, and they won’t let them because they have lines that are set up, and whether they’re set up by Hamas or whoever, but they’re very strict lines, and we have to get rid of those lines.

But we’re going to be getting some good, strong food. We can save a lot of people. I mean, some of those kids are — that’s real starvation stuff. I see it, and you can’t fake that.

So we’re gonna be even more involved. We did some airlifts before, some airdrops, and the people are running for it. And the Prime Minister is going to help us. They’re very effective with that. You’ve done that before and for many. They’ve done that for 100 years very well, so it’s not very hard to do, actually.

Widespread media reports have documented the dire conditions in Gaza in recent days. Aid distribution sites have become flashpoints of violence in recent weeks as shootings have killed scores of Palestinians, with both sides blaming the other for the mass killings.

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