Overview

• GHF began operations on May 26, delivering truckloads of food to four distribution hubs in southern and central Gaza
• US security firms staff the centers and register one family representative to collect basic food and hygiene kits every five days
• UN agencies and longtime NGOs warn that long journeys through active combat zones endanger civilians and undermine independent relief efforts
• Jake Wood resigned as GHF’s executive director on May 25, saying the initiative cannot uphold core humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality
• Hamas has called for a boycott of the new aid scheme as an intelligence operation while Israel steps up its military offensive in southern Gaza