SHOTLIST JERUSALEM (JULY 31, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY) 1. US SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST STEVE WITKOFF SHAKING HANDS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU 2. WITKOFF AND NETANYAHU STANDING AND POSING FOR PHOTO 3. VARIOUS WITKOFF AND NETANYAHU SITTING AND TALKING JERUSALEM (JULY 31, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY) US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday afternoon, July 31, in Jerusalem. The US envoy is expected to visit aid distribution sites run by US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the Gaza Strip, the newspaper said. The Israeli Channel 12, citing an Israeli official, said that Witkoff’s visit aims to “exert pressure to finalize a Gaza ceasefire deal.” Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 60,100 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to food shortages. On Monday, Israeli rights groups B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, citing the systematic destruction of Palestinian society and the deliberate dismantling of the territory’s healthcare system. Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.