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.

Asked if he agrees with Israel's assessment that there is no starvation in Gaza, Donald Trump said those children "look very hungry". Meanwhile, rights groups in Israel have accused the country of genocide.

President Donald Trump has long had a keen sense of the power of imagery, and pictures of children starving in Gaza are motivating him to redouble U.S. humanitarian aid efforts there