US Special Envoy Witkoff Meets With Netanyahu in Israel

Germany’s foreign minister is also traveling to Israel and the Palestinian territories to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff looks on during his swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on May 6, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Reuters

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Thursday to hold further peace talks and discuss the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed.

Witkoff will be headed to Gaza on Friday “to inspect the current distribution sites and secure a plan to deliver more food and meet with local Gazans to hear firsthand about this dire situation,” Leavitt said on Thursday. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee will be joining Witkoff.