UN in the Dark over Gaza Aid Group Deliveries

US-backed aid group says 'truckloads of food' delivered to Gaza

UN officials have raised concerns that the organisation could be used to "weaponise" aid by restricting who is eligible to receive it.

On Tuesday, the United Nations stated that it did not know whether the new United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) had indeed begun its food distributions in the devastated Palestinian territory.

UN in the dark over Gaza aid group deliveries

The United Nations has said that it had no information on whether a US-backed aid group for Gaza had actually delivered any supplies inside the Palestinian territory.

Interior Ministry Warns of “Weaponized Aid” Plan as Israeli-Backed Foundation Takes Over Distribution - Quds News Network

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza has warned that Israel is attempting to hijack humanitarian aid distribution in the enclave. The ministry said Israel’s plan bypasses the United Nations and international aid institutions, aiming instead to control the process through a suspicious new foundation backed by Israel and the United States. In a statement released Monday, the ministry stated that Israel …

Shortly after the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to its own statements, distributed first aid in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations expressed criticism of its way of working. "It is a distraction from what we really need," said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha), in Geneva on Tuesday.The UN had no information whatsoever about whether aid had actually been distributed by the GHF. In recent days…

UN Says It Has No Evidence of US-Backed Gaza Aid Deliveries

The United Nations (UN) stated on Tuesday that it has no confirmation as to whether the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has successfully delivered any aid into the war-torn Gaza Strip. The GHF, a controversial aid initiative supported by the United States and first unveiled in February, claimed on Monday that it had begun distributing truckloads of food within Gaza. However, the UN’s humanitarian office (OCHA) and the UN agency for …