US grilled over Gaza famine fears as it withdraws from ceasefire talks

The same day Witkoff pulled out of talks, the State Department was grilled by reporters over what aid experts say is an impending famine. A Financial Times reporter asked Pigott: "We all acknowledge obviously that Israel controls Gaza's borders completely and it is limiting food to the population because Hamas has not agreed to its terms... to be clear, is the US government okay with Israel allowing children and adult civilians to starve so long as Hamas and the UN refuse to play by Israel's rules?" (Read more at Middle East Eye).