Young Palestinian girls play in a new displacement camp set up by the Egyptian Committee in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip on Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP)
The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — at whose "aid" sites, hundreds of Palestinians were shot and killed — will officially close its operations in the besieged territory, according to a CNN report published on Monday and citing two Israeli sources. GHF initially suspended its work in Gaza at the beginning of the cease-fire in October.
“We are winding down our operations as we have succeeded in our mission of showing there’s a better way to deliver aid to Gazans,” said John Acree, the organization’s executive director, in a statement.
The U.S.-funded and Israel-backed foundation operated several sites in southern Gaza and one site in central Gaza where it began distributing humanitarian aid in late May. The distribution effort faced significant criticism before it even opened, as humanitarian organizations and aid experts warned that the GHF's plan was not appropriate for the scale of need and the conditions on the ground.
The operations quickly turned into chaos and, according to several reports, GHF security officials were ordered by their superiors to fire live ammunition at Palestinian aid seekers as a form of 'crowd control.'
According to the United Nations, more than 2,300 people were killed while seeking aid in Gaza during the GHF's operation period.
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