Izzat al-Rishq, a top Hamas official, said Trump's remarks "blatantly echo" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's "narrative and lies," in an Arabic statement released on Monday on Telegram. The Israeli leader previously dismissed claims that his government had been pursuing a policy of starvation in Gaza.

Donald Trump was in Turnberry, Scotland when reporters asked about the recent aid distribution in Gaza. The president acknowledged “that whole place is a mess.”

T EHRAN: Iran said today it had not interfered in negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, after US President Donald Trump claimed Tehran had issued “orders” to Palestinian group Hamas.