A video of the statements during a July meeting with EU officials sparked discussions about U.S. aid amounts and other countries' contributions.

The United Nations has condemned airdrops on Gaza, amid the rapidly deteriorating starvation crisis as Israel continues to block aid into the territory. Hunger has reached catastrophic levels, and nearly half a million are now people facing famine-like conditions, as a third of the Gaza population are being forced to go without food.

After the White House said Trump will present a new aid plan for Gaza, officials could share no details on how the U.S. might join European and Arab allies in moving aid.

Jordan and the United Arab Emirates were expected to begin airdrops in the coming days, but experts warned that the bulk of necessary aid could come only by land.

A s international pressure to deliver more food aid to Gaza builds, the Kingdom of Jordan is "continuing to request assistance in the form of pledges to contribute aircraft, supplies, humanitarian aid,

The “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip,” the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.

Local health officials in Gaza say that at least 78 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes or gunfire across the territory