Overview
- The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced a permanent shutdown after pausing operations during the U.S.-mediated ceasefire that began in mid‑October.
- Created in late May with U.S. and Israeli backing as a workaround to UN distribution, the group ran fenced aid sites in southern and central Gaza.
- The organization reports delivering more than three million food boxes, totaling about 187 million meals, before ending its mission.
- UN reporting attributes more than 2,100 Palestinian deaths to movements to obtain aid, including near or en route to the group’s sites, as witnesses described live fire and stun devices during crowd control.
- FHG says it will transfer its model to the U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center, and the U.S. State Department said the group shared valuable lessons.