US envoy visits controversial Gaza aid point as human rights group accuses Israel of 'bloodbaths' at sites.

Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has visited Gaza to inspect aid distribution sites backed by the US and Israel.

He was joined by ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who shared images from an aid point run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)

It comes as Human Rights Watch accuses Israeli forces and US-backed contractors of putting in place a "flawed" aid distribution system that turns sites into "regular bloodbaths"

Israel has accused Hamas of instigating the chaos near the aid sites, saying its troops have only fired warning shots and that they do not intentionally shoot civilians.

According to the UN human rights office, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while trying to get food aid since the GHF began operating in late May - the GHF rejects these figures,

The Israeli government does not allow international news organisations, including the BBC, into Gaza to report freely,

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