🔗 Share this article

The debated, US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says it is concluding its aid operations in the Gaza region, subsequent to approximately 180 days.

The foundation had earlier paused its multiple aid distribution centers in Gaza following the truce agreement between Hamas and Israel was implemented in recent weeks.

The organization attempted to circumvent United Nations channels as the main supplier of humanitarian assistance to Gazans.

UN and other aid agencies declined to participate with its approach, stating it was improper and dangerous.

Many residents were killed while trying to acquire nourishment amid disorderly situations near the foundation's locations, mainly through Israeli military action, according to the UN.

Israel said its troops fired alerting fire.

Operation Conclusion

The GHF said on the beginning of the week that it was terminating work now because of the "satisfactory fulfillment of its emergency mission", with a total of three million packages containing the equivalent of more than 187 million meals provided to residents.

The foundation's chief officer, the executive director, further mentioned the American-directed Civil-Military Coordination Center - which has been set up to help carry out US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan - would be "implementing and enlarging the system the foundation tested".

"GHF's model, in which Hamas could no longer loot and profit from stealing aid, played a huge role in convincing militant groups to participate and achieving a ceasefire."

Comments and Positions

The militant group - which disputes allegations of misappropriation - supported the shutdown of the humanitarian foundation, based on information.

A representative of stated GHF should be held accountable for the harm it caused to Palestinians.

"We urge all worldwide humanitarian bodies to guarantee that responsibility is assigned after resulting in fatalities and harm of many residents and concealing the nutritional restriction approach employed by the Israeli authorities."

Organization Timeline

The foundation started work in Gaza on May 26th, a short period subsequent to Israeli authorities had somewhat relaxed a comprehensive closure on relief and commercial goods to Gaza that lasted 11 weeks and led to substantial deficiencies of necessary provisions.

Three months later, a famine was declared in Gaza City.

The GHF's food distribution sites in southern and central Gaza were managed by United States-based protection companies and positioned in Israeli military zones.

Humanitarian Concerns

International organizations and their affiliates said the approach violated the basic relief guidelines of neutrality, impartiality and independence, and that guiding distressed residents into military-controlled areas was fundamentally dangerous.

The UN's human rights office stated it documented the deaths of a minimum of 859 residents attempting to obtain nourishment in the proximity to foundation locations between 26 May and 31 July.

An additional 514 individuals were lost their lives close to the routes of UN and other aid convoys, it added.

The majority of these individuals were fatally wounded by the Israeli military, as per the organization's documentation.

Divergent Narratives

Israel's armed services claimed its troops had released alerting fire at persons who advanced toward them in a "intimidating" fashion.

The GHF said there were no shootings at the relief locations and alleged that United Nations of using "inaccurate and deceptive" data from the Gazan medical department controlled by militant factions.

Future Implications

The organization's continuation had been uncertain since militant groups and the Israeli government approved a truce agreement to implement the initial stage of Trump's peace plan.

It said humanitarian assistance would take place "absent meddling from the two parties through the international bodies and their affiliates, and the international relief society, in conjunction with other global organizations not linked whatsoever" with Palestinian factions and Israeli authorities.

International organization official the UN spokesman stated recently that the organization's termination would have "no influence" on its work "because we never worked with them".

He also said that while increased relief was entering the region since the truce was implemented on 10 October, it was "inadequate to satisfy all requirements" of the over two million inhabitants.