‘He does not want babies to starve’

President Trump is making plans for the US to take over the humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza as famine looms over the Palestinian enclave, American and Israeli officials said.

Trump, who has criticized the ongoing mass hunger in the Gaza Strip, is “not thrilled” at the prospect of having to take over aid distribution from Israel, but he believes that there’s no other way to address concerns of famine, officials familiar with the talks told Axios.

“The starvation problem in Gaza is getting worse. Donald Trump does not like that,” a US official said.  “He does not want babies to starve.

“He wants mothers to be able to nurse their children. He’s becoming fixated on that,” the official added.

Trump has split from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli leader’s claims that widespread starvation isn’t happening in Gaza.

The president asserted last week that the images of emaciated children can’t be faked.