Hospitals in Gaza reported the killing of more than a dozen people, eight of them food-seekers, by Israeli fire on Saturday as Palestinians endured severe risks in their search for food amid airdrops and restrictions on overland aid delivery.

President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff posted on X that he had spent hours inside Gaza to gain 'a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation and help craft a plan to deliver food and medical aid to the people of Gaza.

The local pause in fighting came days after ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas appeared to be in doubt.