US president says he has told Israel ‘maybe they have to do it a different way’ before bilateral talks with Keir Starmer
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Donald Trump has said he believes there is a famine in Gaza and he has told Israel that “maybe they have to do it in a different way”.
Speaking outside his hotel in Turnberry, South Ayrshire, on Monday, the US president said people in Gaza needed “to get food and safety right now” and that he wanted to get ceasefire talks restarted.
Asked if he agreed with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who said earlier on Monday that there was no starvation in Gaza, Trump replied: “I don’t know. Based on television, I would say not particularly, because those children look very hungry. We’re giving a lot of money and a lot of food and other nations are now stepping up.”
