Leaders from the Democratic Party in the U.S. House of Representatives have called on President Donald Trump to take urgent steps to end the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip by working with all concerned parties to resume political negotiations. They emphasized in a joint letter that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is seriously worsening, with deteriorating living conditions for the population, rising levels of hunger, and the urgent need to significantly increase humanitarian aid.

The signatories of the letter pointed out that the continuation of military operations threatens to increase regional tensions and leads to an unbearable humanitarian disaster, demanding that Trump use all diplomatic leverage to push for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire and to achieve a lasting and just peace in the region. They affirmed that the military objectives of the war have long been achieved, and it is time to bring all parties back to the negotiating table without delay.

The Democratic leaders also stressed that a permanent ceasefire should be the primary goal of diplomatic efforts, firmly rejecting any plans aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. The letter was signed by Representatives Gregory Meeks, Rosa DeLauro, Jim Himes, and Jamie Raskin, coinciding with the visit of U.S. envoy Stephen Wittykoff to the region, where he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visited a relief center in Rafah in southern Gaza.

Wittykoff stated that he spent more than five hours inside Gaza, meeting with officials from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and other relief agencies, aiming to clearly understand the humanitarian situation. He explained that his visit aims to assist in developing a new plan to deliver food and medical aid to the needy population and to work on improving the humanitarian situation in the sector.

For his part, the U.S. president confirmed that Wittykoff's meetings in Israel focused on ways to bring food and medicine into Gaza, expressing the importance of feeding the population in the sector, noting that the priority now is to provide the basic needs of the civilian population.