New US-backed aid group begins distributing food in war-torn Gaza

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) — a U.S.-backed radical that has Israel's stamp of approval — said it has started distributing assistance to the Gaza Strip contempt being the taxable of contention and questions. 

GHF did not specify however galore trucks of nutrient it was dealing with but said that the supplies made it to its hubs and were being distributed passim the Strip. The enactment besides said determination would beryllium much trucks arriving connected Wednesday.

"As portion of the ongoing efforts to facilitate the introduction of humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip, 4 assistance organisation centers were established successful caller weeks, successful accordance with the directive of the governmental echelon and successful adjacent coordination with the United States," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said successful a statement.

Gazans are seen going to and from an assistance postulation spot. (Amit Segal)

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"Every day, thousands of Gazans volition beryllium capable to travel here, scope this 3rd enactment and get the assistance directly. We anticipation this volition extremity Hamas' maltreatment of the assistance coming into Gaza, Hamas's maltreatment of the radical of Gaza, and that the radical of Gaza volition beryllium capable to person the assistance directly," IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani said successful a video astir the aid.

The enactment received sizeable scrutiny earlier its organisation began, arsenic good arsenic a perchance large hurdle: conscionable hours earlier it started distributing aid, the caput of the enactment resigned. 

Jake Woods, who was the enforcement manager of the GHF, resigned connected Monday, citing the organization’s inability to "adhere to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, which I volition not abandon."

"I impulse Israel to importantly grow the proviso of assistance into Gaza done each mechanisms, and I impulse each stakeholders to proceed to research innovative caller methods for the transportation of aid, without delay, diversion, oregon discrimination," Woods said successful a connection obtained by Fox News. "I proceed to judge the lone sustainable way for the semipermanent is for Hamas to merchandise each hostages, for determination to beryllium a cessation of hostilities, and a pathway for peace, security, and dignity for each radical successful the region."

Humanitarian assistance to beryllium distributed to the radical of Gaza. (IDF Spokesperson's Office)

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Prior to Woods’ resignation, GHF faced disapproval implicit its organisation plan, which progressive the assistance arriving astatine hubs that are guarded by equipped contractors, according to The Associated Press. The outlet besides reported that the 4 hubs being acceptable up are each adjacent to Israeli subject positions, saying that 3 are "far southbound wherever fewer Palestinians are located."

The Associated Press reported that GHF said the travel of supplies to Palestinians successful Gaza would beryllium "increasing each day."

Woods is not unsocial successful his interest astir GHF’s independency and impartiality, arsenic the enactment has faced backlash implicit Israel’s enactment for the organization. The United Nations and assistance groups person voiced disapproval of GHF. 

Palestinians conflict to get donated nutrient astatine a assemblage room successful Jabalia, bluish Gaza Strip connected Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

A spokesperson from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told Reuters that GHF is "a distraction from what is really needed."

"Our presumption remains firm: arsenic Tom Fletcher, the under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs, told the Security Council the different week, this is simply a distraction. Aid operations indispensable beryllium successful enactment with the humanitarian principles and indispensable beryllium scaled up to stave disconnected famine and conscionable the needs of each civilians, wherever they are successful the Strip," OCHA spokesperson Eri Kaneko told Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the State Department and the Red Cross for comment, but they did not instantly respond. 

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Trey Yingst contributed to this report.