President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, who helped broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, visited Gaza on Wednesday, hours before he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
Witkoff's visit to Gaza was confirmed by a U.S. State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Israeli news organizations reported that the country's military took Witkoff to inspect the Netzarim Corridor, which it created during the war to split the Gaza Strip in two. It partially withdrew from the corridor in recent days, allowing tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians to return to the territory's north.
Large swaths of Gaza have been destroyed since Israel launched an offensive in response to Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas-led militants who killed nearly 1,200 people in Israel and took another 251 hostage. Over 47,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since, according to Gaza health officials.
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