U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited Gaza to review humanitarian aid going into the enclave on Friday, while a human rights organization claimed atrocities were being committed against Palestinians looking for help.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on Friday that claimed Israelis have committed “war crimes” by killing Palestinians in Gaza who were seeking food aid. Much the same language was used by HRW in December of 2024 when making similar accusations against Israel in its report “Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water.”

There’s been a building outcry from the United Nations about claims of failed humanitarian aid reaching Gaza, which has been multiplied in media reports. Israel has said it is allowing aid to reach the embattled enclave, but Hamas operatives are disrupting the distribution.

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