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The crisis has echoes of past humanitarian crises that left presidents wringing their hands over how to respond.
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It will be the first known visit in months for Steve Witkoff, President Trump's lead on the cease-fire and hostage talks. Since his last trip, conditions in the enclave have worsened.
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In Gaza, "the situation is beyond atrocious." Aid worker Arwa Damon, a former CNN journalist and the founder of INARA, a nonprofit currently providing medical and mental healthcare to children in Gaza, describes the deadly lack of access to food, water and medicine in the besieged territory. The situation on the ground conflicts with the claims of Israeli officials, who are denying the existence of starvation conditions. "If anyone goes into Gaza, within 15 minutes, the vast majority of what Israel is claiming just unravels before your very eyes," says Damon. She is currently helping to facilitate aid access from outside of Gaza, which she and many other humanitarian workers have been barred from accessing since February.
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