Trump says people in Gaza are starving and US will take care of situation

Intense Israeli airstrikes continue to hit Gaza as US president completes final day of Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi

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Donald Trump has said people are starving in Gaza and the US would have the situation in the territory “taken care of”. Gaza has suffered a further wave of intense Israeli airstrikes overnight.

On the final day of his Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi, the US president told reporters: “We’re looking at Gaza. And we’re going to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving.”