A new group backed by the United States says it has started distributing aid in Gaza
A controversial new assistance distribution group began with the United States and Israel to work in Gaza.
The Gaza Humanitarian Corporation (GHF) said that many foods had been handed over to insurance sites and that it began to distribute to people. He did not say where or how much the aid was distributed.
The group, which uses armed American security contractors, aims to overcome the United Nations as a major resource to help 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, where experts warn of a wave starvation on the horizon after an Israeli siege that lasted 11 weeks.
The United Nations and many relief groups refused to cooperate with GHF plans, which they say contradict humanitarian principles and appear to be “arms aid”.
Israel says there is a need for a new system to stop Hamas theft of aid, which the group denies.
In a statement sent to reporters on Monday night, GHF announced that it had “started operations in Gaza” and delivered “many foods from food to their safe distribution sites, as the distribution began to the people of Ghazan.”
“More trucks will be delivered with help [on Tuesday]With an increase in the flow of aid every day, “added.
Pictures of the bulletin showed a little more than ten men carrying boxes from an unlimited location.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) asked about the number of loads it got from aid, and the number of people who managed to get aid, but it has not yet received a response.
GHF statement also said that John Akri, former former US Agency for International Development – Agency for External Aid Administration – was appointed as the temporary CEO.
ACREE behind Jake Wood, who resigned from the position on Sunday. Wood said that the group’s aid distribution system cannot work in a way that could be able to fulfill the principles of “humanity, neutrality, neutrality and independence.”
The GHF Council rejected the criticism, accusing “those who benefit from the current situation” of being more focused on “tearing this more than helping.”
She said that the regime was completely consistent with humanitarian principles and would support a million Palestinians by the end of the week.
Under the GHF mechanism, Palestinians who supervise the security screen are expected to collect funds that contain food and basic hygiene elements for their families from a small number of distribution sites that are mainly in southern Gaza. The sites will be secured by American contractors, with the Israeli forces that are patrolling the oceans.
The United Nations and other relief agencies insisted that they will not cooperate with any plan that failed to respect basic humanitarian principles.
They have warned that the GHF system will practically exclude those who suffer from mobility issues, including those who suffer from injuries, disability and the elderly, are forced to more displacement, offer thousands of people to harm, make assistance conditional on political and military goals, and a precedent unacceptable to hand over aid around the world.
They have said they have thousands of trucks waiting to go to Gaza and a detailed plan to ensure that aid gets the needy people.
Jean -Eagland, Secretary -General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told the BBC on Monday that GHF “was privatized, trained, and” is not compatible with neutrality. “
He said: “The people behind them are the military-they are a former people in CIA and the former military people … Let’s return to the regime that succeeded.”
Hamas warned the Palestinians against cooperating with the GHF system, saying that it “will replace chaos, impose hunger policy for Palestinian civilians, and use food as a weapon during the war.”
GHF statement condemned what he said that “Hamas threats to kill that target relief groups that support humanitarian operations in safe distribution sites in GHF, and the efforts made to prevent the people of Ghazan from accessing aid in the sites.”
Israel imposed a totally siege on humanitarian aid to Gaza on March 2 and resumed its military attack after two weeks, and ended the two -month ceasefire with Hamas.
She said that the steps were aiming to pressure the armed group to release 58 hostages, who were still detained in Gaza, up to 23 of them alive.
On May 19, the Israeli army launched an extensive attack that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the forces “control all areas” in Gaza. According to what was reported, the plan includes completely clearing northern civilians and displacing them by force to the south.
Netanyahu also said that Israel would allow a “basic” amount of food in Gaza to prevent famine after pressure from allies in the United States.
Since then, the Israeli authorities say they have allowed at least 665 trucks of humanitarian aid, including flour, children’s food and medical supplies, to Gaza.
However, the head of the United Nations World Food Program warned on Sunday that the aid was just a “decrease in the bucket” of what was required in the region to reflect the catastrophic levels of hunger, amid a large shortage of basic foods and high prices.
Half a million people face hunger in the coming months, according to an evaluation by classifying the uninterrupted integrated food security phase (IPC).
Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack on the border on October 7, 2023, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.
At least 53,977 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 3,822 since Israel has resumed 10 weeks ago, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in the region.
