U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speak with an air working in Gaza as they visit a distribution site run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)
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"The GHF food program is working. It’s working very well," Huckabee told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on Friday. He also said that the situation in Gaza is "a mess" because of Hamas.
Huckabee dismissed two prevailing charges against Israel: that the IDF is randomly shooting Palestinians and that there is no proof that Hamas has been stealing aid. Both the U.S. and Israel have backed the GHF largely as a way to distribute aid to people and block Hamas from looting trucks.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visit an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (@USAmbIsrael/X)
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"People need to understand that until now, most of the humanitarian aid that entered Gaza was looted by Hamas and various clans. They sold the goods to Gazans for money," GHF executive chairman Rev. Johnnie Moore wrote in a recent Jerusalem Post op-ed. "As a result, prices of basic products in the Strip skyrocketed — Hamas created conditions that led to hunger in Gaza by denying food to the population that had no means, and with the money and supplies it looted, it managed to recruit new fighters and keep operating."
In the interview with Kilmeade, Huckabee went on to call out the United Nations, demanding it stop "pretending" that GHF’s system isn’t effective and instead work with the U.S.- and Israeli-backed organization. Huckabee also accused the international body of having more interest in acting like a humanitarian organization than doing the work.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in attendance, at the White House in Washington, D.C., July 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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Huckabee and Witkoff’s visit comes as the Trump administration appears to shift its messaging on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. While in Scotland this week, President Donald Trump pledged to set up new food centers in Gaza in an apparent break with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While Trump said he saw "real starvation in Gaza," Netanyahu sent exactly the opposite message.
"There is no starvation in Gaza, no policy of starvation in Gaza, and I assure you that we have a commitment to achieve our war goals," Netanyahu said in a video statement on X.
On Friday, Trump told Axios that he is working on a plan to "get people fed" in Gaza. The outlet noted that the president was concerned about starvation in Gaza, but placed the blame on Hamas. Additionally, Trump told Axios that Witkoff was "doing great work," but that he had not gotten a briefing from his special envoy yet.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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