Trump said Gaza "many people are starving" with the reported death toll from Israeli attacks hitting 53,000

Abu Dhabi - President Trump said Friday that the U.S. will encounter situations in Gaza's "care", telling reporters that people are hungry on the besieged Palestinian territory, which is in line with warnings that aid agencies have been repeated for months.

"We are looking at Gaza. We will be taken care of. A lot of people are hungry," the president told reporters.

It was a brief comment when Mr. Trump ended his last stop on a multi-day trip, including Qatar, which is the main partner of the United States and Egypt, trying to hold a ceasefire in the Middle East. The war between Israel and Hamas.

Israel imposed a blockade in Gaza for more than two months, leading UN agencies and other humanitarian groups to warn of rapid reductions in fuel, food and medicines in the Palestinian territory, about 2.4 million people before the war.

Israeli attack on Gaza continues
The injured Palestinian child was treated at Nasser Hospital after an Israeli air strike in the Khan of Gaza on May 16, 2025. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty

Israel has repeatedly denied that the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, which blamed the suffering of civilians in the enclave on Hamas, triggering war, and its unprecedented terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 sparked the war.

Mr. Trump's remarks came the day after any new idea of ​​aid brought to Gaza by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after widespread criticism of the U.S. and Israel-backed plans, while also expressing concern about the humanitarian situation in the territory.

Relentless Israeli strike kills dozens of people in Gaza

Gaza's Civil Defense Rescue Agency said on Friday that 50 people were Israel strikes Since midnight, in the Palestinian territory.

"The number of martyrs killed in Israeli shelling targeting civilian homes in the northern Gaza Strip between midnight and early this morning has risen to 50... Our teams are still working in those areas," civil defense official Mohammed al-Mughayyir told AFP.

Israel launches attack on Northern Gaza: More than 100 people die
On May 16, 2025, the bodies of Palestinians who died in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza were taken to an Indonesian hospital in Gaza. Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu/Getty

"The Israeli occupation blows up the house next to me and hits it directly as residents enter the interior." Yousef al-Sultan, 40, from the al-salatin area west of Beit Lahia, told AFP: "Air raids, attacks, artillery shelling and gunfire from the Quadcopter drone."

"There is a lot of displacement among civilians. Fear and panic caught us late at night," he said.

UNICEF head Catherine Russell said Friday A message It was reported that Israel's actions in Gaza were posted on social media, killing 45 children in just two days, which she called "unreasonable".

"This should shock the world, but largely indifferent," Russell wrote. "For children in Gaza, it's not safe. This horror must stop."

She warned that one million children in Gaza were at risk of hunger and were “deprived of food, water and medicine.”

Gaza food crisis persists under Israel's lockdown
The charity distributed hot meals to Palestinians in the Jabbaria refugee camp in northern Gagasa on 14 May 2025 during a month-long Israeli blockade on the territory. Mahmoud SSA/Anadolu/Getty

The IDF did not immediately comment on the latest strike in Northern Gaza, but Israeli media said it was part of an intensified operation that would include new ground invasions entering the area. Since the war began, the IDF has targeted Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza, which accused weapons and fighter jets that hid them in civilian infrastructure.

Qatar and hostage families call for Netanyahu to reach an agreement

According to Israeli officials, Hamas and Allied groups occupied 251 people, many of them civilians, and killed about 1,200 people in the October 7 attack. The hostages were taken back to Gaza, and most were released during two separate ceasefires. Israeli officials believe there are 58 prisoners inside Gaza, with about 20 of them considered alive.

The hostage family led the protests for months, demanding a ceasefire with Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure the release of the remaining prisoners, who raised new concerns about military operations in Gaza on Friday, saying they said it made loved ones increasingly risky.

With President Trump now ending trips to the Middle East - especially not including a stay in Israel - these families have increased pressure on Netanyahu to call for negotiations with Hamas.

"Given the reports of reports that increased the attacks in Gaza and President Trump's visit to the region, hostage families woke up this morning and attracted attention," the hostage family forum said in a statement Friday. "We are in a dramatic time that will determine the future of our loved ones, the future of Israeli society, and the future of the Middle East. Missing this historic opportunity will be a huge failure that will always be remembered in notoriety. We call on Netanyahu to join President Trump's efforts with President Trump's efforts, which will lead to the 58-year-old being subject to the consistency and historical consistency of his number and historical consistency.

The Netanyahu government vowed to continue the war in Gaza until all its goals were achieved. It said those goals include the release of all remaining hostages, "Hamas' military and government defeat" and ensure that Gaza "will no longer pose a threat to Israel."

In a long-running negotiation earlier this week, Hamas released the last living American national in a deal with the Trump administration, and he had a potential breakthrough in long-running negotiations earlier this week, which is possible fleeting hope. Edan Alexander.

Qatar Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani lamented the ongoing attacks on Israel in Gaza following the release of Alexander and said in an interview with CNN that this raised questions about ongoing diplomatic efforts.

“Unfortunately, Israel’s reaction to this was a mass bombing the next day,” Al Dani said, adding that with “the statement issued by the Israeli government”, “the “is basically a signal that we (Israel) are not interested in the negotiations.”

The highest diplomat in Katari stressed that the country's negotiating team is still interacting with parties in the conflict, "we want to see some progress", but warned: "I'm not sure if this progress will soon see this ongoing behavior."

“How do we reach a solution if there is no intention to engage in meaningful negotiations?” he asked.

So far, the Trump administration has not increased pressure on Netanyahu by limiting its important military aid to Israel.

The Gaza Hamas State Health Ministry said on Thursday that the death toll in the Palestinian enclave has reached 53,010 since the war began, including 2,876 people killed, and nearly 8,000 people injured since Israel resumed ground operations on March 18.