Gaza aid sites to be visited by US envoy Steve Witkoff | BBC News

US special envoy Steve Witkoff is visiting Gaza on Friday to inspect food distribution sites, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed. Leavitt said Witkoff would visit the territory along with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and "secure a plan to deliver more food and meet with local Gazans to hear first‑hand about this dire situation on the ground". Witkoff, who is on a visit to Israel, also had a "productive" meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the press secretary added. Gaza's Hamas‑run health ministry said 111 people had been killed, 91 of them while seeking aid, in the 24 hours before Thursday midday. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio's State Department has said it will deny Palestinian officials visas for entry to the United States.