The Houston Food Bank plans to build a new facility in northwest Houston at a cost of about $145 million. It will operate in addition to its existing food bank on Portwall Street.
Israel's nearly 22-month military offensive against Hamas has shattered security in the territory of some 2 million Palestinians and made it nearly impossible to safely deliver food to starving people.
New measures have brought an uptick in the number of aid trucks entering Gaza. But almost none of it reaches U.N. warehouses for distribution.
Humanitarian aid organizations and international bodies have warned that Gaza is facing "critical" levels of hunger and that famine is "imminent" in parts of the strip.
The "worst-case scenario of famine" is unfolding in Gaza, according to a warning issued Tuesday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
Asked if he believed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's claim that there's no starvation crisis in Gaza, President Trump replied, "I don't know," but then mentioned the images of starving children in Gaza appearing on TV.