Over 130 international charities and NGOs are demanding the closure of the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which operates with Israeli and US backing.
The organizations report that more than 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since the GHF began operations in late May, following Israel’s three-month Gaza blockade. Nearly 4,000 people have been injured during the same period.
Major organizations including Oxfam, Save the Children, and Amnesty International claim Israeli forces and armed groups “routinely” fire on Palestinians seeking assistance. Israel denies its soldiers deliberately target aid recipients and defends the GHF system as providing direct assistance while bypassing Hamas interference.
The joint statement from leading global charities alleges the foundation violates humanitarian work principles by forcing two million people into overcrowded, militarized zones where they face daily gunfire.
Since GHF operations began, near-daily reports have emerged of Israeli forces killing aid seekers at distribution sites, according to medics, eyewitnesses, and the Hamas-run health ministry.
The GHF system replaced 400 existing aid distribution points that operated during the temporary Israel-Hamas ceasefire with only four military-controlled sites: three in Gaza’s far southwest and one in the central region.
“Today, Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families,” the statement declares. “Orphaned children and caregivers are among the dead, with children harmed in over half of the attacks on civilians at these sites.”
UN agencies have condemned the GHF aid system. On Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it “inherently unsafe.” From inception, the UN opposed the plan, arguing it would “militarize” aid, bypass existing distribution networks, and force Gazans to make dangerous journeys for food.
The Israeli military states it is examining reports of civilians being “harmed” while approaching GHF distribution centers.
According to a Friday Haaretz report, unnamed Israel Defense Forces soldiers claimed they received orders to shoot at unarmed civilians near aid sites to disperse them. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly rejected these allegations, calling them “malicious falsehoods.”
The Israeli military also denied accusations of deliberately firing at Palestinians collecting humanitarian aid.
In a Monday statement, the IDF announced it was reorganizing site access, including new “fencing” and signposting with directional and warning signs to improve operational response.
However, the 130-plus aid organizations maintain the GHF “is not a humanitarian response” for Gazans. “Amidst severe hunger and famine-like conditions, many families tell us they are now too weak to compete for food rations,” the groups stated.
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