The Israeli cabinet meets today, and an expected visit by Witkov may include Gaza.

Israeli media reported that US envoy Steven Witkoff may travel to Israel on Wednesday to hold discussions on the situation in Gaza, coinciding with a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet, while Mossad chief David Barnea visits Washington for talks.

Barak Ravid, a correspondent for the Israeli Walla news site, and the American Axios news site, quoted two informed sources as saying that Witkoff is heading to Israel today "to discuss the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip."

He added that he might also travel to Gaza to visit food distribution centers run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an entity linked to the killing of more than 1,000 Palestinians and the wounding of thousands more by Israeli military fire. Since late May, the foundation has spearheaded a US-Israeli project to control aid distribution, which the United Nations and numerous international organizations have rejected, describing it as a death trap and a tool for displacing and humiliating Palestinians.

Meanwhile, Israel's Channel 12 reported that the security cabinet's inner body will hold an "important meeting" this evening, without providing details.

These developments come after US President Donald Trump, in a series of statements in recent days, acknowledged that the situation in Gaza is "horrible," asserting that "children are starving," and pledging to deliver aid to the Strip. However, he also indicated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges—wants to oversee food distribution centers.

Axios quoted a US official as saying, "Trump wants to review the humanitarian situation in Gaza to determine how to deliver more aid."

The starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, due to the Israeli blockade and US-backed war of extermination, has recently reached unprecedented levels, according to local and international reports. Deaths from malnutrition and dehydration have increased, with the total number of martyrs reaching 154, including 89 children, according to the Ministry of Health in the Strip.

Meanwhile, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted sources as saying that the head of Israel's Mossad foreign intelligence agency, David Barnea, is currently visiting Washington for talks.

Since October 2023, the Israeli occupation army—with American support—has waged a war of extermination against the population of the Gaza Strip. This war has so far resulted in the martyrdom of more than 60,000 Palestinians, the injury of more than 146,000, and the displacement of nearly the entire population of the Strip, amidst destruction unprecedented since World War II, according to Palestinian and international reports.