Steve Witkoff gave the families a personal commitment that he and President Trump would work to return the remaining hostages.

Hours after Steve Witkoff visited a site run by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah, Palestinian medics said Israeli forces had shot dead three Palestinians near one of the group's sites in the city on Gaza's southern edge.

The visit, to inspect food-distribution sites and meet with locals, reflects a new sense urgency after cease-fire talks go nowhere.

Experts say a "worst-case" famine scenario is unfolding across the Gaza Strip.That's according to a new report published this week by a U.N.-backed commission that tracks food security worldwide.The starvation in Gaza is reawakening global attention to hunger crises unfolding around the world.

The “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza, according to a warning issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.

International outcry over images of emaciated children and increasing reports of hunger-related deaths have pressured Israel to let more aid into the Gaza Strip

Israel's military offensive and blockade have led to the “worst-case scenario of famine” in the coastal territory of some 2 million Palestinians, according to the leading international authority on hunger crises.