US EditionUN agencies warn Israel plans for aid distribution endanger lives in Gaza
- On May 9, 2025, in Geneva, international aid organizations cautioned that Israel’s newly proposed approach for managing the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gaza could worsen the ongoing crisis amid the territory’s nearly 10-week blockade.
- The warnings followed the unveiling of a U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plan designed to centralize aid distribution, which aid groups say would entrench forced displacement and fall short of Gaza's needs.
- The plan outlines starting with a network of four aid centers, each intended to assist roughly 300,000 individuals, thereby reaching nearly half of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, with the intention to expand the system to fulfill the total demand.
- UNICEF spokesperson James Elder criticized the plan, saying it seems designed to tighten control over essential supplies as a means of exerting pressure, and warned that it could lead to increased harm and fatalities among children.
- Aid agencies urged Israel to lift its blockade on food, medicine, and supplies, warning that without timely and impartial access, the blockade will continue to drive malnutrition, hunger, and increased suffering in Gaza.
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The Israeli blockage of Gaza is now in its third month. Since early March, no food, water, shelter or medication has been allowed into the embattled territory and aid groups warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis. Laura Barrón-López speaks with Ghada Alhaddad, who works for Oxfam inside Gaza, about the latest conditions on the ground.
The U.S. has a plan for getting food into Gaza. Top aid groups object to the idea
TEL AVIV, Israel — On the eve of President Trump’s visit to Arab allies in the Gulf, the U.S. and Israel have announced a plan to allow food and essential supplies back into Gaza after a ten-week Israeli ban that aid workers say is driving rampant hunger in the territory.It is the result of pressure by the Trump administration on Israel to allow aid back into Gaza, according to a person familiar with the details who spoke on condition of anonymi…
UN agencies warn that Israel’s plans for aid distribution will endanger lives in Gaza
International aid agencies warned Friday that Israeli plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, including a U.S.-backed proposal, will only increase suffering and death in the devastated Palestinian territory, calling on Israel to lift its blockade on food and other supplies, now in its third month.
Plan for aid to Gaza criticized: "Israel wants to take over aid"
The Israeli-US plan to get food into Gaza is being criticized for being inadequate – and for giving Israel control over the aid. Instead, aid organizations are demanding an end to the blockade, now in its third month.
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