"President Trump wants to alleviate suffering for the people of Gaza because he has a humanitarian heart. He announced a new aid plan today to help Gazans obtain crucial access to food – details are forthcoming," White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a comment to ABC News.

France on Friday started to air-drop 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza as it urged Israel to allow full access to the area which it said was slipping into famine. "Faced with the absolute urgency,

Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates carried out airdrops of humanitarian aid over the Gaza Strip on Wednesday amid a famine and Israeli genocide against civilians in the territory.