(Background) US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visits the fifth-century Church of St George in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on July 19, 2025. In the villages and communities around Taybeh, Palestinian authorities have reported that settlers had killed three people and damaged or destroyed multiple water sources in the past two weeks alone. The July 7 arson attack on the remains of the Church of Saint George, which date back to the 5th century, was the last straw for many villagers, who blame Israeli settlers for a spate of recent attacks. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 14: Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, attends a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House on July 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is meeting with Rutte a day after announcing that the U.S. will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine to help it defend against Russia's intensifying aerial attacks. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Witkoff and Huckabee scheduled to visit food distribution operations in Gaza following opposing claims from UN and GHF

Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee are scheduled to visit Gaza on Friday to assess humanitarian aid distribution sites and engage directly with locals, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday.

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TOPSHOT - Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters escort Israeli-French hostage Ofer Kalderon before handing him over to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

3 More Hostages Released In Cease-Fire Deal, Including U.S.-Israeli Dual Citizen

The terrorist group Hamas has released three more hostages as part of its current cease-fire deal with Israel. The hostages that returned home during this release included a U.S. – Israeli dual citizen from North Carolina, a father whose children were captured and released in a 2023 ceasefire-hostage deal, and the father of the youngest hostage.

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