Washington, D.C. [US], August 4 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that he wants Israel to help feed the hungry population in Gaza. Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sunday (local time), Trump emphasized the U.S. commitment to humanitarian aid in the region.
“We want the people fed—and we’re the only country that’s really doing that. We’re putting up money to get the people fed… We want Israel to get them fed,” Trump said.
“We don’t want people to starve, and there’s some bad things happening,” he added.
Trump also addressed the ongoing conflict in Gaza, asserting that he does not believe Israel’s military actions amount to genocide.
“I don’t think it’s that,” he said when asked whether he characterized Israel’s response as genocide, according to The Times of Israel.
“They’re in a war,” he added, referring to the conflict that began with the Hamas-led onslaught on October 7, 2023.
Meanwhile, more than a dozen former senior Israeli security officials released a joint video urging an end to the war in Gaza. They argued that the ongoing fighting has resulted in more losses than victories and claimed it has been prolonged for political purposes rather than strategic military goals.
Among the 19 retired officials featured in the video are former IDF chiefs of staff and prime ministers Ehud Barak, Moshe Ya’alon, and Dan Halutz, as well as ex-Shin Bet director Yoram Cohen.
“Each of these people sat in cabinet meetings, operated in the inner circles, attended all the most sensitive decision-making processes, the most delicate,” says a voiceover at the beginning of the video. “Together, they have more than a thousand years’ experience in national security and diplomacy,” The Times of Israel reported.
In the video, the officials argue that the war could have ended long ago and call for a permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive hostage deal that would result in the release of the 50 remaining hostages in a single exchange. (ANI)
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