“We are going to create food centers where people can enter-and no borders. We are not going to have any fences,” he told journalists in Scotland, where he met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
At the same press conference, Starmer said that he and US President Trump agreed on the need for a cease-fire in Gaza, and they discussed a plan for what’s going on after help.
Trump said the number one priority in Gaza was to have people nourished because “you have a lot of hungry people”, adding that he was not going to take a stand on the Palestinian state at the moment.
He said the United States had provided $ 60 million with humanitarian aid and that other nations should intensify.
He said he had discussed the issue with the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday, and she told him that European countries would intensify their very substantial aid.
He said he also planned to discuss the humanitarian situation with Starmer during his visit on Monday.
“We give a lot of money and a lot of food, and other nations intensify now,” said Trump. “It’s a mess. They have to get food and security right now. ”
Starmer accepted, saying: “It’s a humanitarian crisis, right? It is an absolute disaster…. I think people in Great Britain are rebellious to see what they see on the screen.”
The British Prime Minister described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as “absolutely intolerable” and said that food aid must be transferred quickly to the enclave.
“We have to galvanize other countries to support this aid, and yes, it involves putting pressure on Israel, because it is absolutely a humanitarian disaster,” he said.
Trump said he would not comment on the push of French President Emmanuel Macron to support the Palestinian state.
Trump also criticized Hamas for not having agreed to release more hostages, life and death, and said that he had told the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s approach should probably change.
“I told Bibi that you may have to do it in a different way,” said Trump, echoing similar comments made on Sunday.
When asked if a ceasefire was still possible, Trump said: “Yes, a ceasefire is possible, but you have to get it, you have to end it.” He didn’t explain what he meant.
Trump stressed the importance of obtaining the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, saying that the Palestinian group had changed its position and refused to release more hostages.
Hamas said it was willing to release hostages under a ceasefire agreement with Israel.
He submitted his response to a cease-fire proposal defended by the United States in Doha on Thursday. A few hours later, Israel withdrew his delegation from talks.
Trump said on Sunday that Israel should make a decision on the next steps, adding: “I know what I would do, but I don’t think it is appropriate that I say it.”
Israel has made a drop of air and announced a series of measures over the weekend to improve access to aid, including daily humanitarian breaks in three areas of Gaza and new safe corridors for convoys. The United Nations agencies say that these movements are not yet sufficient to mitigate the famine type conditions that are confronted by the Gazans.
On Monday, the Gaza Ministry of Health said that at least 14 people died in the last 24 hours of hunger and malnutrition, bringing the number of war dead to 147, including 89 children, most of them in recent weeks.
Israel cut all the supplies in Gaza from the beginning of March, reopening the territory with new restrictions in May. Israel says that this respects international law but must prevent aid from being diverted by activists and blames Hamas for the suffering of the people of Gaza.
