A growing number of Jewish Americans are urging Israel to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Gaza, though the ongoing war with Hamas remains a tension point.

"The tragedy is that Israel is getting the blame for the lack of humanitarian care, when the fact is, it's Hamas that started the war," Mike Huckabee said.

International outcry over images of emaciated children and increasing reports of hunger-related deaths have pressured Israel to let more aid into the Gaza Strip.

Ilay David holds a poster of his brother Evyatar David, who is held hostage in Gaza, in November 2023 The family of Israeli hostage Evyatar David held by Hamas in Gaza has accused the group of deliberately starving him as part of a "propaganda campaign".

A “living skeleton, buried alive” in Gaza’s tunnels, was how the family of one hostage described him after seeing a video circulated by Hamas this week.