US special envoy Witkoff visits food distribution centre in Gaza

Steve Witkoff, centre, visits a food distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Gaza City (David Azaguri/US Embassy Jerusalem via AP)

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy has visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy.

International experts warned this week that a “worst-case scenario of famine” is playing out in Gaza.