Witkoff and the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, visited an aid site in Gaza run by the controversial Israel and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Friday, as the United Nations said that over 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food since the end of May, including 859 at GHF sites.

Evyatar David, a 24-year-old Israeli hostage, appears emaciated in a video released by Hamas, sparking protests in Tel Aviv. The footage shows him and fellow captive Rom Braslavsky confined in a narrow tunnel.

In the video, David can be seen crossing off days on a makeshift calendar hung up on the side of an underground Gaza tunnel. Hamas published a video of hostage Evyatar David on Friday evening, which was later cleared for publication by the David Family.