The controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plans to formally end its operations in the besieged area, two Israeli sources say, after halting its operations in Gaza at the start of the ceasefire last month.
“We are scaling back our operations because we have succeeded in our mission to show that there is a better way to deliver aid to Gazans,” John Ackley, the organization’s executive director, said in a statement.
The U.S.-Israel-backed foundation, which operates multiple sites in southern Gaza and one in central Gaza, began distributing humanitarian aid in late May. But the distribution effort soon descended into chaos as desperate Palestinians rushed into the fenced enclosures to snatch the limited food supplies.
According to the United Nations, more than 2,100 Palestinians seeking aid were killed, including those near or en route to GHF strongholds.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) had plans to expand to more locations across the territory, but those plans did not materialize. The GHF ceased operations at the start of the ceasefire in mid-October, as the United States and the international community reverted to the United Nations as the primary vehicle for distributing humanitarian aid.
GHF announced that it had ultimately delivered more than 187 million meals to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
