As Us-backed Group Delivers 70 Million Meals, Un And Ngos Fight To Discredit Gaza Aid Rival

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), pinch support from nan U.S. and Israel, has distributed immoderate 70 cardinal meals to Gazans since May. But its assistance distribution strategy has been nether accordant onslaught from Hamas and from immoderate improbable quarters — nan world's starring assistance groups.

Earlier this month, nan United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini called for nan "end to nan alleged Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) since it provides thing but starvation and gunfire to nan group of Gaza." He went connected to telephone it an "abomination."

His connection noted that 230 NGOs, including Amnesty International, Oxfam International, Norwegian Refugee Council and Save nan Children signed their names to an unfastened missive criticizing GHF while urging a return to nan U.N.-led assistance distribution model.

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People transportation boxes of alleviation supplies June 8, 2025, from nan Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a backstage U.S.-backed assistance group, (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

Critics opportunity UNRWA's ties to Hamas person put its very beingness astatine risk, particularly fixed nan occurrence of nan GHF operation.

Gerald Steinberg, nan laminitis and president of NGO Monitor, told Fox News Digital these groups see "anti-Israel superpowers" pinch "massive PR budgets and dedicated staffs and are capable to beforehand their attacks connected GHF widely."

Steinberg claimed that GHF has already demonstrated "that assistance to Gaza tin beryllium provided without relying connected nan aged corrupt billion-dollar assistance manufacture led by U.N. agencies for illustration UNRWA and nan NGOs that are allied pinch Hamas." 

Steinberg said nan number of signatories to nan missive has grown to much than 230 arsenic nan "powerful NGO web is fighting backmost and making mendacious accusations successful an all-out governmental effort to unit Israel and different donors to extremity nan GHF operation."

Photos released by nan Israeli Defense Forces show 3 individuals nan Israeli subject claims are Hamas terrorists wrong an UNRWA compound successful Rafah. (IDF)

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GHF interim Executive Director John Acree said he has nary enmity for nan NGO signatories of nan letter.

"They constitute papers and letters and motion documents, and yet we’re doing it," Acree said. He implored nan groups to "please, come. Come and thief us."

Acree says GHF reached retired to different assistance groups "daily" to inquire for support. In immoderate cases, humanitarian workers person entered discussions that "we’re hoping will yet lead to partnerships and implementation."

Gazans spell to and from an assistance postulation spot. (Amit Segal)

Since May, GHF has faced galore criticisms astir its operations, including accusations that Gazans person been killed and injured astatine distribution sites. 

In consequence to Fox News Digital’s questions astir Lazzarini’s remarks, an UNRWA spokesperson emphasized that "UNRWA, for illustration nan remainder of nan U.N., has many times condemned nan existent assistance distribution strategy successful Gaza," which it says "is costing much lives than it saves."

UNRWA alleged that "800 starving group person been reported killed since this strategy started operating connected nan 28th of May," adding that "instead of ‘orderly nutrient distribution,’ this strategy brings dehumanization, chaos and death."

Lazzarini erstwhile again went connected X to condemn nan U.S.-backed assistance mechanism, claiming that "a functioning strategy was replaced pinch a deadly scam to unit nan displacement of people+ deepen nan corporate reward of nan Palestinians successful Gaza."

Palestinians large wind trucks loaded pinch humanitarian assistance brought successful done a U.S.-built pier successful nan cardinal Gaza Strip May 18. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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GHF released a connection Friday arsenic nan warfare of words continued. 

"These mendacious and misleading stats travel straight from nan Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry," nan connection said. "The U.N.’s reliance and coordination pinch a violent statement to falsely smear our effort is not only disturbing but should beryllium investigated by nan world community." 

Hamas has responded violently to GHF’s presence connected nan assistance scene. Acree said that GHF’s cognition "is going against [Hamas’] strategy of stealing overseas aid, of controlling nan marketplace prices, of fundamentally robbing nan Palestinians that unrecorded successful Gaza of their livelihoods and their economical welfare, and we’re breaking that." 

So far, 12 Palestinian GHF unit members person been killed and perchance submitted to "summary execution" connected June 11. On July 5, two "highly decorated" U.S. veterans moving pinch GHF were harmed successful a grenade onslaught astatine a GHF distribution site.

Hamas terrorists guidelines successful statement arsenic Palestinians stitchery connected a thoroughfare to watch nan handover of 3 Israeli hostages to a Red Cross squad successful Deir el-Balah, cardinal Gaza, Feb. 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Acree said that GHF is evolving. The statement "did not expect nan desperation" it encountered. 

"We’ve been told by nan Gazans this is nan first clip they’ve ever received free assistance aliases food, and they’ve had to salary for it up til now," he said. To antagonistic that desperation, Acree said that GHF is "taking measures now to thief pat that hostility and to thief them understand that we’re location to thief and relieve that hunger." 

He said nan group still needs "more aid. We still request a batch much help," which includes partnerships pinch nan U.N. and NGOs. 

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The U.S. Agency for Infrastructure and Development has fixed $30 cardinal to nan GHF. Two sources who said to Reuters said nan U.S. whitethorn o.k. $30 cardinal per period successful grants to nan GHF successful nan future.