Marjorie Taylor Greene was the first Republican in Congress to use the term to describe the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. But others in the MAGA movement have expressed growing concern about Israel.

Israel's prime minister is facing growing international pressure to end the war in Gaza that has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians. A leading food crisis group is now warning of widespread famine in Gaza as deaths from starvation rise.

Her comments follow a social media post by her colleague Congressman Randy Fine of Florida where he encouraged the starvation of Palestinians until hostages are released.

Aid agencies say many Gazans are hungry and malnourished. Amal Nassar says her family is among them, and price gouging is making things worse.

Gaza health care workers are fainting from hunger while treating patients, with medical staff eating once every two days as humanitarian crisis worsens.

Asked about Gaza, the president expressed disappointment about not receiving sufficient thanks for the United States’ aid shipments.

"People are literally dying with the hunger; the hunger is killing them. Starvation is being used as a weapon," Dr. Bilal Piracha said.

President Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday where the two leaders focused on the humanitarian crisis and mass starvation occurring in Gaza Trump also said he would announce a truncated deadline on Russia to reach a ceasefire deal in its war with Ukraine as well as threatening to impose secondary