The United States, an accomplice in Gaza's humanitarian disaster
Nearly a month after the start of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) operations, the results have been disastrous. And Washington could have done more earlier.
People are transporting boxes of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private aid group supported by the United States that bypassed the long-standing UN-led system in the Territory, as displaced Palestinians return from an aid distribution center in central Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2025. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP)
On Thursday morning, July 3, 45 Palestinian civilians were killed by the Israeli army near the aid distribution sites of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). In less than a month, the operations of the American private organization, supported by Israel, have caused the death of over 500 people and injured nearly 4,000, according to several humanitarian organizations.UNICEF's spokesperson, James Elder, recently warned that the initiative is rather chaotic and dangerous. How we got here 'Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,' new stage in international aid system's collapse A year earlier, historian Jean-Pierre Filiu commented on the dismantling of the temporary U.S. jetty in the enclave, after a two-month emergency mission marked by logistical and security failures."The United States has failed miserably to bypass by sea the...
On Thursday morning, July 3, 45 Palestinian civilians were killed by the Israeli army near the aid distribution sites of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). In less than a month, the operations of the American private organization, supported by Israel, have caused the death of over 500 people and injured nearly 4,000, according to several humanitarian organizations.UNICEF's spokesperson, James Elder, recently warned that the initiative is rather chaotic and dangerous. How we got here 'Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,' new stage in international aid system's collapse A year earlier, historian Jean-Pierre Filiu commented on the dismantling of the temporary U.S. jetty in the enclave, after a two-month emergency mission marked by logistical and security failures."The United States has failed miserably to bypass by sea the...
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