The controversial operation of humanitarian aid supported by the United States in GazaWho was mired by dozens of Palestinians killed while trying to reach his distribution centers in the enclave torn by the war since he started working a little over a week ago, said he interrupted his operations for Wednesday. THE Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said in a press release published on social networks that the break was “for the update, organization and work to improve efficiency”, but the news agency Reuters said that the American entity was trying to respond to security problems.
GHF said in its brief declaration that operations will resume Thursday.
The United Nations and other aid agencies refused to work with the group, calling it a distraction and accusing it of armed access to desperately necessary foods. Over 50 people were killed By Israeli forces near the sites, according to the Hamas Ministry of Hamas in Gaza, which qualified GHF’s effort a trap for hungry Palestinians.
The Israeli army denied charges and accused Hamas of having shot people looking for aid.
The GHF did not immediately respond to a request for CBS information for more information on closing a day of its four distribution centers in the south of Gaza.
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Funding, operational details and the origins of GHF have remained troubled since its creation, and it has been in the grip of not only serious questions about the safety of civilians accessing its centers, but by potentially existential questions concerning its internal operations.
This decision comes only a few days after the GHF said that it would close its Swiss-based office after the officials there told CBS News that the foundation was Rape the Swiss rules For non -governmental organizations. It also comes a day after The Washington Post said that the US consulting company Boston Global had broken its links with the group and launched an internal examination on its involvement with the GHF.
The GHF said that it had started working in Gaza on May 27, but it is not clear where it is based and which finances its operations. His official website only consists of a home page bearing its name and the message: “More information to come soon”.
On Wednesday, the Reuters news agency quoted an anonymous spokesperson for the GHF said that the group had asked the Israeli defense for “guiding pedestrian traffic in a way that minimizes the risk of confusion or climbing” around its ongoing military operations in Gaza and developing a clearer training for civilians who seek to reach its distribution centers and “strengthen training to support civil security”.
“Our absolute priority remains by guaranteeing the security and dignity of civilians receiving aid,” said Reuters, cited a GHF spokesperson.
Health managers in the Hamas Gaza-Ruled Strip said 27 Palestinians were killed Trying to reach a GHF hub in the south of Gaza only on Tuesday. The Israeli army denied the demand for mass shooting on civilians, claiming that troops about a third of a site mile had shot several people who were considered to be a threat after having moved beyond the defined limits of the access road. The FDI said that it examined reports from civilian victims.
In a published message On Wednesday on social networks in Arabic, the spokesperson for the FDI, Lieutenant-Colonel Avichay Adraee, warned Gazans against the use of roads leading to the GHF distribution centers, claiming that they would be considered “combat zones” for the day and stressing that access to them was “prohibited and dangerous”.
The FDI has repeatedly accused Hamas of sabotaging the GHF effort, accusing it of having sent armed men specifically to shoot civilians from the aid centers.
“We do not prevent Gaza residents from accessing aid distribution sites,” said IDF spokesperson. General Effie Defrin said in a video press release published online on Tuesday, before the day’s break was reported. “The food packages are distributed daily by a civilian company based in the United States. This initiative is effective.
Defrin said that Tsahal’s forces “work nearby and do everything you need to guarantee that help does not fall into Hamas.”
He also accused the United Nations help agencies of not collecting and distributing more than 450 trucks with humanitarian aid which, according to Israel, has been authorized in Gaza in recent days, but left on the other side of the cross -border crossing Kerem Shalom with Israel. The UN has rejected similar previous Israeli affirmations, noting that Israeli forces maintain control of almost all Gaza and that there are enormous logistical challenges to operate in a densely populated active war area.
And the assault of Tsahal, which Israel has promised to continue until Hamas is destroyed and that the 58 remaining Israeli hostages are brought back to the Gaza house, continued to get up despite the effort of aid supported by the United States.
The CBS News team in Gaza was there while the Palestinians rushed to save the survivors of an Israeli strike which destroyed a bank in the city of Gaza where families had sheltered. At least seven people were killed and dozens injured, according to the first stakeholders who spoke with CBS News on the scene. They were part of 97 Palestinians killed in the previous 24 hours, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health managed by Hamas, which made the results of the war on Wednesday at 54,607.
The war was triggered by the attack of October 7, 2023 against the south of Israel orchestrated by Hamas, which has long been appointed a terrorist group by the United States, Israel and the European Union.
This attack killed some 1,200 people in Israel and saw 251 other people taken hostage in Gaza. Israeli authorities think that around 20 of the remaining hostages are still alive.