US-backed aid group ends Gaza mission after defying Hamas threats, UN criticism

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced connected Monday, aft the transportation of much than 187 cardinal escaped meals to Palestinians successful the Gaza Strip without Hamas stealing their aid, that it volition displacement its enactment to different assistance organizations.

The GHF launched its cognition connected May 26 to guarantee meals reached the Gazan colonisation and to forestall Hamas terrorists from looting goods. According to GHF, it "provided much than 1.1 cardinal packs of ready-to-use supplementary nutrient (RUSF) for malnourished children."

GHF Executive Director John Acree stated, "From the outset, GHF’s extremity was to conscionable an urgent need, beryllium that a caller attack could win wherever others had failed, and yet manus disconnected that occurrence to the broader planetary community. With the instauration of the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) and a rejuvenated engagement of the planetary humanitarian community, GHF believes that infinitesimal has present arrived," helium said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

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A Palestinian pistillate carries a container arsenic radical question assistance supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), successful the cardinal Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025. (Stringer/Reuters)

Acree continued, "GHF has been successful talks with CMCC and planetary organizations present for weeks astir the mode forward, and it's wide they volition beryllium adopting and expanding the exemplary GHF piloted. As a result, we are winding down our operations arsenic we person succeeded successful our ngo of showing there's a amended mode to present assistance to Gazans.

"From our precise archetypal time of operations, our ngo was singular: provender civilians successful hopeless need. We built a caller exemplary that worked, saved lives and restored dignity to civilians successful Gaza. Our dedicated and compassionate team, including erstwhile U.S. work members, humanitarians, section Gazan workers and different partners similar Samaritan’s Purse, risked their lives to provender the radical successful Gaza amidst an progressive warfare conflict," helium said.

U.N. assistance organizations plagued by corruption and alleged enactment for Hamas coercion reportedly bristled astatine the effectiveness of GHF.

Since May, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has faced galore attacks implicit its operations, including accusations that hundreds of Gazans were killed and injured astatine organisation sites. The United Nations and different nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) besides blasted GHF for what they said was its weaponization of aid. The commissioner-general of UNRWA successful July called for an extremity to GHF, saying it "provides thing but starvation and gunfire to the radical of #Gaza."

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff talk with an aerial moving successful Gaza arsenic they sojourn a organisation tract tally by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)

In August, a whistleblower confirmed to Fox News Digital that "the IDF is actively helping the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation get nutrient into the hands of civilians portion U.N. agencies, including WFP and OCHA, done their unwillingness to coordinate with the IDF, are inhibiting the organisation of specified aid."

Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesperson for the United Nations caput general, told Fox News Digital astatine the clip that the whistleblower’s "accusation is delusional."

GHF told Fox News Digital that "it repeatedly offered to assistance U.N. agencies unafraid and administer their assistance to conscionable the request successful Gaza portion preventing looting and diversion. During its full four-and-a-half months of operations, not a azygous GHF assistance motortruck was looted."

Hamas terrorists carrying clubs and firearms secure, and divert humanitarian assistance trucks successful the bluish Gaza country of Jabaliya connected June. 25, 2025. (TPS-IL)

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GHF stated that "American-led solutions and compassion work," attributing its occurrence to "the Trump administration’s telephone for innovation and aboriginal assurance successful our mission, recognizing that American leadership, clarity of intent and accountability to results are inactive the planetary golden standard."

GHF leaders said they are prepared to revive the ngo "if caller humanitarian needs are identified and volition not dissolve arsenic a registered NGO."

Acree said, "What our squad volition miss the astir are the friendships and camaraderie developed with thousands of Gazans, particularly the women and children we served. In aboriginal July, arsenic the nutrient information concern successful Gaza improved, our operations stabilized, and we experienced a large displacement successful winning implicit the spot of assistance seekers to the constituent wherever our assistance sites became section hangout spots for women and children interacting with our squad connected a regular basis. We volition miss them dearly."

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Hamas invaded Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, resulting successful the wide execution of implicit 1,200 people, including much than 40 Americans. Hamas kidnapped 251 radical during the penetration and inactive holds 3 dormant hostages, according to Israel. Trump’s bid program for Gaza outlines nary relation for Hamas successful post-war Gaza governance and demands the full disarming of the Iran-backed jihadist violent organization.