Hunger images in Gaza change the tone of the White House

Trump asks Netanyahu to guarantee food in Gaza in the face of humanitarian crisis; The US President’s speech marks Israel’s distancing and reveals the symbolic impact of the images that circulated on the networks and the world press

American President Donald Trump expressed concern on Monday (28) with the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza and made a direct appeal to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure the supply of food to the local population. The statement marks an apparent change in the posture of the American leader in the face of impactful images of malnourished children who have mobilized international opinion.

At a news conference in Scotland, Trump pointed out that the United States and other countries are already sending financial resources and food supplies to the Gaza Strip, but stressed the need for better coordination at the site. “I want him (Netanyahu) to make sure people receive food,” said the president. “I want to make sure they are receiving food.”

Trump’s statements seem to be a direct response to the images released in recent days, which show the worsening of the hunger crisis in the region. The posture of the US President contrasts with his most resigned position expressed last week, when the ceasefire negotiations suffered a setback. Monday’s observations also represent a certain distance from Netanyahu, despite the recent approach between the two leaders after joint operations against Iran.

During the event, Trump was asked about Netanyahu’s own statements on Sunday, when Israeli Prime Minister said: “There is no hunger policy in Gaza and no hunger in Gaza.”

“I don’t know,” Trump replied. “But based on what I see on television, I would say it’s not just like that, because those kids look very hungry.”

President announces food distribution centers

Given the growing international pressure, the Israeli army began over the weekend aid launching operations of humanitarian aid, and implement limited breaks in combat in three densely populated areas of Gaza for ten hours per day to facilitate supply distribution.

On Friday, Trump had demonstrated some pessimism about the situation in Gaza after the United States and Israel removes their negotiating teams from Qatar ceasefire conversations. At the time, the US president said Hamas probably “hunted” and declared about Israel: “They will have to fight and will have to solve it.”

However, Trump seemed more inclined to take concrete measures on Monday, after reports of hunger-related deaths and the dissemination of images showing people, especially young children and babies, facing difficulties in obtaining food. These reports generated a wave of international indignation.

During his conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the Trump Turnberry resort, Trump announced that the United States “will establish food centers,” although it has not provided details about the initiative. The White House did not provide additional information about these distribution centers.

International pressure increases

While Trump Instava Netanyahu to intensify help delivery efforts, the American leader himself faced similar requests from the international community. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi, in television pronouncement on Monday, stated that Trump “is the one who can stop war, deliver help and end this suffering.”

“Please make every effort to stop this war and deliver help,” said El-Sissi, addressing the US president directly. “I believe it’s time to end this war.”

Trump acknowledged that Hamas has appropriate food and helps with the population of Gaza, but when asked about Israel’s responsibility for the restrictions on the entry of supplies in the region, he admitted: “Israel has a lot of responsibility.”

However, the US President quickly added that Israel also faces limitations in their actions due to the need to keep alive the 20 hostages that remain in Gaza. When asked what the most Israel could do, Trump replied, “I think Israel can do a lot.” However, it offered no additional details and changed the subject to Iran.

“We have to help from a humanitarian point of view before doing anything else. We have to feed the children.”

International reactions and political positions

The British Prime Minister was more emphatic than Trump in characterizing the situation in Gaza as “desperate.” “I think people in Britain are angry to see what they are seeing on their screens,” said Stmerer.

Vice President JD Vance echoed Trump’s statements during an event in Canton, Ohio, stating that the United States are concerned about the humanitarian problem in Gaza and mentioning “many hungry children.” “Israel needs to do more to allow this help between and we also have to wage war against Hamas so that these people stop from preventing food from reaching this territory,” he said.

Palestinian State issue and diplomatic positions

Starmer, who faces pressure from his labor party to recognize a Palestinian state – as France did last week – said the United Kingdom supports Palestinian sovereignty, but within a plan that contemplates the solution of two states.

The previous week, Trump had stated that French recognition of a Palestinian state “has no weight.” This Monday, when asked about recognizing a Palestinian state, Trump replied, “I won’t take a position.” About Starmer, he added, “I don’t care that he takes a position.”

The statements occurred while the United Nations General Assembly brought together high employees to promote the resolution of two states to the Israelo-Palestine conflict of decades. Israel and the United States are boycotting the two -day meeting.

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: widespread hunger takes dozens of children and adults to death in July

A wave of hunger -related deaths sweeps the gaza range, reaching not only children, but also adults in a scenario that health professionals describe as desperate. In recent days, the Friends of Patients Hospital, the main emergency center for child malnutrition in northern Gaza, has received hundreds of cases daily, amid a scarcity of medical supplies and food.

The drama has intensified in recent weeks. Five children in the hospital died in a four -day period, despite the doctors’ efforts. Basic treatments to combat malnutrition had exhausted due to prolonged Israeli blockade, leaving power professionals powerless in the face of the rapid deterioration of small patients.

“There are no words in the face of the disaster we meet. Children are dying before the world … There is no uglier and more horrible phase than this,” he told Associated Press to Dr. Rana Soboh, a nutritionist who works with the Medglobal Humanitarian Organization, responsible for supporting the hospital.

These deaths marked a dark turning point: for the first time, the center recorded deaths of children without pre -existing health, a sign that the crisis reached an even more alarming level. Symptoms are getting worse; Children arrive at the hospital extremely weak, often unable to even cry or move. “In recent months, most have improved, despite scarcity. Now, patients have been hospitalized longer and do not improve,” Soboh explained.

Hunger also reaches adults

The crisis does not spare adults. Experts warn that hunger initially affects the most vulnerable – children and people with chronic health problems. On Thursday, the bodies of a man and a woman, both with clear signals of malnutrition, were sent to the Shifa Hospital in the city of Gaza. One was diabetic and the other had heart problems. According to the director of the hospital, Mohammed Abu Slymia, both had serious nutritional deficiencies, gastric stop and anemia. “These diseases do not kill if they have food and medicine,” he said.

Official data confirm the worsening of the situation. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said that in the last three weeks at least 48 people have died of malnutrition causes: 28 adults and 20 children. In July alone, the United Nations (UN) recorded at least 13 children’s deaths, with the number increasing day after day. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 21 deaths of children under five for malnutrition in 2025.

Lack of supplies and blockade aggravate the situation

The scarcity of food and medicines in Gaza intensified after Israel imposed an almost total blockade on the territory for two and a half months, as of March, as a pressure measure against Hamas. Although there was a slight relaxation in the restrictions at the end of May, allowing the entry of about 4,500 supply trucks since then, experts claim that this volume is insufficient. The UN estimates that between 500 and 600 trucks a day would be needed to serve the population.

In addition, the distribution of help faces serious obstacles. Hungry crowds and armed groups often plunder humanitarian trucks, making it difficult to deliver resources. The UN denies that Hamas deviates significant amounts of help, arguing that the central problem is the restriction imposed by Israel to the supply entry.

David Mencer, spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, denied on Tuesday that there is a “hunger created by Israel” in Gaza, attributing the situation to Hamas’ action by looting aid trucks. However, humanitarian workers reinforce that withdrawals decrease when proper food flow.

Scenario of everyday despair

In the midst of this scenario, families report extreme difficulties to feed their loved ones. In the Refugee Field of Shati, in the city of Gaza, the two -year -old child Yazan Abu Ful shows clear signs of malnutrition. His slight body and lack of energy are visible signs of the crisis. Yazan’s mother, Naima, pregnant, prepared a scarce meal with two eggplants to share with eight other family people: “See yourself, there is no food,” the child’s father, Mahmoud, told the doctor.

The situation also affects health professionals themselves. Two nurses from the Friends of Patients Hospital needed intravenous serum to continue working, given their own exhaustion and lack of resources. “We are exhausted. We are dead in the shape of the living,” confessed Dr. SOBOH.

American doctor John Kahler, co-founder of Medglobal and who acted as a volunteer in Gaza, warns that the population is reaching their physiological limits. “This is the beginning of a spiral of population death,” he said.

Given the severity of the facts, the UN World Food Program estimates that nearly 100,000 women and children in Gaza urgently need malnutrition treatment. With the inventories of medicines and special foods coming to an end, the risk of a large humanitarian catastrophe increases every day.

With information from AP*