(23 Jul 2025)
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Jerusalem – 23 July 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Federman, The Associated Press: ++COVERED BY SHOTS 2 TO 5++
"President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy is headed to the region and that could mean good news for Gaza ceasefire prospects. Steve Witkoff has been delaying this trip as Israel and Hamas conduct negotiations in the Mideast country of Qatar. The fact that he is now coming to the region is a sign that those negotiations have made some progress. Witkoff is expected to begin with a visit, a meeting with an Israeli delegation in Rome. depending on how those talks go, he will then decide whether to continue on to Qatar in hopes of wrapping up a deal that could halt this 21 month conflict. Now this diplomatic activity comes as conditions on the ground in Gaza continue to deteriorate. The Israeli military is still active. It says it is attacking Hamas targets across Gaza, but this crackdown has contributed to a Ongoing humanitarian crisis. Aid groups, residents, UN officials all report dire shortages of food in Gaza, and health officials say that they are beginning to report deaths as a result of hunger and malnutrition. The US State Department says that Witkoff will make the humanitarian situation in Gaza and ways to improve those conditions a focus of this upcoming visit."
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Washington – 28 May 2025
2. STILL of President Donald Trump, right, listening as White House special envoy Steve Witkoff, left, speaks (AP Photo/Evan Vucci; ID: 25148619222038)
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Gaza City, Gaza Strip – 23 July 2025
3. Various of Mona Derdisawi, the mother of killed children crying while touching the bodies of her children
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Southern Israel – 22 July 2025
4. Various of tank rolling near border fence
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Gaza City, Gaza Strip – 22 July 2025
5. Various of displaced Palestinians carrying pots and waiting to get cooked food
STORYLINE:
President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy is headed to the region and that could mean good news for Gaza ceasefire prospects.
Steve Witkoff has been delaying this trip as Israel and Hamas conduct negotiations in the Mideast country of Qatar. The fact that he is now coming to the region is a sign that those negotiations have made some progress.
Witkoff is expected to begin with a visit, a meeting with an Israeli delegation in Rome. depending on how those talks go, he will then decide whether to continue on to Qatar in hopes of wrapping up a deal that could halt this 21 month conflict.
This diplomatic activity comes as conditions on the ground in Gaza continue to deteriorate.
The Israeli military is still active.
It says it is attacking Hamas targets across Gaza, but this crackdown has contributed to a Ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Aid groups, residents, UN officials all report dire shortages of food in Gaza, and health officials say that they are beginning to report deaths as a result of hunger and malnutrition.
The US State Department says that Witkoff will make the humanitarian situation in Gaza and ways to improve those conditions a focus of this upcoming visit."
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