Ambassador Huckabee says US will 'scale up' GHF aid sites in Gaza, start 24-hour distribution

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (C) and the Palestinian mayor of the village of Taybeh, Suleiman Khourieh (L), tour the fifth century Church of St. George in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, on July 19, 2025. In the villages and communities around Taybeh, Palestinian authorities have reported that settlers had killed three people and damaged or destroyed multiple water sources in the past two weeks. The July 7 arson attack on the remains of the Church of Saint George, which date back to the fifth century, was the last straw for many villagers, who blame Israeli settlers for a spate of recent attacks. | JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will expand its operations from the four distribution sites it currently operates to 16 sites, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said on Wednesday.

“The immediate plan is to scale up the number of sites up to 16, and begin to operate them as much as 24 hours a day, to get more food to more people more efficiently,” Ambassador Huckabee said during an appearance on Fox News.

Huckabee’s comments came as he was asked about a recent Axios report stating that the U.S. planned to take over the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip.

“Well, I think the president of the United States always has a very important role in something like this if he chooses to do it,” Huckabee stated.

Huckabee reaffirmed that U.S. President Trump is adamant about getting more aid into Gaza, but wants to avoid any Hamas seizure of the aid.

“The president has been telling us he wants foods into the hands of hungry people, but he wants it in a way that it doesn’t get into the hands of Hamas,” Huckabee said. “That’s exactly what we did when we stood up GHF.”

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