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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/09/gaza-aid-trump-plan-huckabee/
U.S. Ambassador Says Gaza Aid Plan Is Trump's Initiative
(Washington Post) Karen DeYoung - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Friday that a new proposal to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza is an "initiative" by President Trump. The plan would see food distributed to Gazans at Israeli-designated humanitarian zones. "The Israelis are going to be involved in providing necessary military security because it is a war zone, but they will not be involved in the distribution of the food," Huckabee said. "The Israelis are supportive. Any allegation that the Israelis don't care about humanitarian aid is absolutely false. They also care very much that Hamas doesn't steal that aid. But that is a view that is shared by the president and by all of us in the United States." Meanwhile, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has proposed that Hamas begin to release up to 24 hostages still thought to be alive in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, a proposal that was rejected by Hamas. Huckabee said implementation of the aid plan does not depend on a ceasefire.