Senate Democrats are imploring President Trump’s administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

President Trump said yesterday that there was “real starvation” in Gaza, disagreeing with a recent assertion by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that the territory had sufficient food.

Trump said the facilities would be open-access, with “no boundaries” and “no fences,” and framed the effort as a direct response to the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza. “That’s real starvation stuff,” he said. “I see it, and you can’t fake that. So, we’re going to be even more involved.”