Senate Democrats are imploring President Trump’s administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

The Israeli government is defending a top military officer who dismissed images of starving Palestinians as "fake" over the weekend, despite President Trump stating Monday that he believes the pictures are real.

Four people were killed when a gunman opened fire in New York City. President Donald Trump said the U.S. would work with international partners to set up food delivery centers in Gaza. And GOP lawmakers’ efforts to outlaw “weather modification” pushes a fringe theory into the mainstream.

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has passed 60,000. The world’s leading authority on food crises says the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out” in the territory of over 2 million people.

"President Trump wants to alleviate suffering for the people of Gaza because he has a humanitarian heart. He announced a new aid plan today to help Gazans obtain crucial access to food – details are forthcoming," White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a comment to ABC News.

A UN-backed hunger monitoring group warns the “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza. NBC News Correspondents Matt Bradley, Monica Alba and Andrea Mitchell explain the growing international pressure on Israel to increase aid into the Gaza Strip.

Some of those kids are — that’s real starvation stuff. I see it, and you can’t fake that,” Trump said Monday about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, breaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

After opening a new golf course at his Aberdeenshire resort, President Trump was scheduled to fly back to the United States.