Asked if he'd support an Israeli occupation of Gaza as Netanyahu has suggested, Trump sidestepped, saying that everything beyond food aid is "pretty much up to Israel."

President Donald Trump declined to wave off Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from fully occupying Gaza, as tensions grow within the Israeli government over the proposed offensive. “I really can’t say,

U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say whether he supported or opposed a potential military takeover of Gaza by Israel and said his administration's focus was on increasing food access to the Palestinian enclave under assault from Washington's ally.