Israeli ambassador slams UN's 'mafia-like' tactics against US-backed Gaza foundation

UNITED NATIONS — Israeli United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon condemned what helium called a "shakedown" by the U.N. to forestall Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) from moving with the caller U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

While addressing the U.N. Security Council connected Wednesday, Danon claimed that the satellite assemblage was utilizing "threats, intimidation and retaliation" against NGOs that dared to defy the planetary body’s telephone to boycott GHF. The Israeli diplomat described the U.N.’s effect to NGOs cooperating with GHF arsenic "mafia-like."

"Without immoderate discussion, without owed process, the U.N. removed those NGOs from the shared assistance database. That database is the cardinal strategy for tracking assistance deliveries into Gaza," Danon told the Security Council. "This is the gravest usurpation of the U.N.'s ain principles. It is extortion of well-meaning NGOs that garbage to buss the ring."

Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon issues a scathing missive successful effect to U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher 's remarks earlier the Security Council. (Getty Images)

In the aforesaid Security Council meeting, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative John Kelley urged the U.N. to enactment with GHF and Israel "to scope agreements connected however to operationalize this strategy successful a mode that works for all." Kelley besides emphasized the request to guarantee that Hamas cannot payment from immoderate humanitarian assistance organisation strategy that is established. 

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On Wednesday, GHF said successful a connection that it had opened different unafraid assistance organisation tract "without incident." The enactment besides addressed immoderate claims astir its operations. GHF said that, contrary to reports, nary Palestinians person been questioned oregon detained portion receiving aid. Additionally, GHF said that nary Palestinians had been changeable oregon killed portion trying to get aid.

GHF disputes reports that its sites were overrun connected Tuesday: "GHF anticipated that the [safe organisation sites] whitethorn acquisition unit owed to acute hunger and Hamas-imposed blockades, which make unsafe conditions extracurricular the gates.

"According to established protocol, for a little infinitesimal the GHF squad intentionally relaxed its information protocols to safeguard against assemblage reactions to yet receiving food. No beneficiaries were injured, nary lives were mislaid and each nutrient disposable was distributed without interference. Order was restored without incident. As successful each exigency effect situations, peculiarly successful struggle zones, this benignant of absorption from stressed beneficiary populations is expected and we stay prepared to proceed providing lifesaving assistance should disruptions occur.

Palestinians transportation assistance supplies they received from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, successful Khan Younis, successful the confederate Gaza Strip, May 28, 2025.  (Hatem Khaled/Reuters)

"Unfortunately, determination are galore parties who privation to spot GHF fail. Conditions stay precise hard and the lives of some Gazans and assistance workers are astatine stake," GHF said successful a statement.

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The international community has not relented successful its propulsion against GHF.

U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher — who erstwhile called the plan down GHF a "fig leafage for further unit and displacement" of Palestinians successful Gaza — has made his objections to the programme clear. Fletcher made an entreaty successful a station connected X to fto the U.N. instrumentality power of assistance organisation successful Gaza.

"We person the supplies, plan, will, and networks to present monolithic amounts of lifesaving assistance to civilians successful Gaza, successful enactment with humanitarian principles, arsenic the satellite is demanding," Fletcher wrote.

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Earlier this month, Fletcher urged the planetary assemblage not to "waste time" with a caller program erstwhile the U.N. already had 1 successful place.

The IDF said that 121 trucks of assistance from "the UN and the planetary community" crossed into Gaza connected May 28, 2025. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

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On Wednesday, arsenic Israel marked 600 days since the Oct. 7 massacre, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) noted that "121 trucks belonging to the U.N. and the planetary community" were allowed into the Gaza Strip. The IDF said that the trucks were carrying nutrient and different aid.