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A new and controversial help group backed by the United States and Israel says it began operating in the Gaza strip devastated by war On Monday, despite the objections of the United Nations, other humanitarian groups and the recent and sudden resignation of its US executive director, who said he could not operate independently. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GFH) said it opened its first aid distribution centers in the enclave on Monday and that food trucks had been delivered.

The GFH said in a statement that around 8,000 food boxes had been distributed on Tuesday afternoon, each with enough to feed “5.5 people for 3.5 days, for a total of 462,000 meals.”

“Tomorrow more trucks will be delivered with help, with the help flow increasing every day,” GHF said in a statement.

There were unconfirmed reports from the Israeli and Palestinian media that one of the aid centers was abandoned by security personnel in charge of ensuring the operation after thousands of people climb for food on the location. The Israel Hayom newspaper said that the security forces retired to the helicopters in the midst of shooting.

In a statement, the GFH said there was a “moment at the end of the afternoon” in one of its safe distribution sites when the number of people looking for help “was such that the GHF team retreated to allow a small number of gazanes to take help safely and dissipate. This was done according to the GHF protocol to the victims of avoidance.

The group said that some Palestinians endured “delays in several hours to access the site due to the blockages imposed by Hamas.”

In a separate statement, the Israeli army said that the troops had “shooting warning shots in the area outside the complex. Control over the situation was established, food distribution operations are expected to continue as planned, and the safety of IDF troops was not compromised.”

The GFH, whose leadership and financing of which they have not remained clear, was created as Israel and its closest ally, the United States, faced a growing protest on the Palestinians in Gaza who dies of dying in the midst of the almost three months of Israel territory block. Under intense pressure from the international community, Israel began to leave some food in Gaza last week, but help organizations have He called him a “fall in bucket” given the level of need.

“As part of the gradual opening of the distribution centers, two of the centers, located in Tel Al-sultan and the Morag corridor in the Rafah area, began operating today (Tuesday) and are distributing food packages to thousands of families in the Gaza Strip,” said Israel’s defense forces in a statement. “The establishment of the distribution centers took place in recent months, facilitated by the Israeli political step and in coordination with the United States government. This process coincided with a continuous dialogue and a cooperation with the FDI.”

The IDF said that the new aid system was “operated by international aid organizations, and assured by an American civil security company”, but neither the Army nor the GHF itself have appointed non -profit global organizations involved in the effort, and it was not clear what security company in the United States was helping to ensure the centers.

The UN calls the new “distraction” operation

On Tuesday, a spokesman for the United Nations humanitarian office called GHF’s ​​work a “distraction of what is really necessary”, which the spokesman said that it was the reopening of the crosses to Gaza and the end of the Israeli restrictions on the type of help that enters the territory.

The GFH has been commissioned by Israel to take care of the handling of the aid in Gaza despite the UN objections, which, together with other help groups, has backed up the new system. They claim that Israel is trying to use food as a weapon and say that a new system will not be effective.

Israel has pressed for an alternative aid delivery plan because he says he should prevent Hamas from taking advantage of. The UN has denied that Hamas has diverted large amounts of help. Hamas, designated for a long time a terrorist organization of Israel, the United States and the European Union, also denies the accusations.

The GFH began operating only one day after its executive director, American Jake Wood, announced its resignation and said it had been clear that the Foundation would not be allowed to operate independently. GFH said he had designated an interim leader, John Acree, to replace the wood.

The organization, which is said to be composed of former humanitarian, governmental and military officers, said that its distribution points will provide help for a million Palestinians, about half of the population of Gaza, at the end of the week.

Under the pressure of the allies, Israel began allowing humanitarian aid in Gaza last week after blocking all foods, medications, fuel or other goods since the beginning of March. The help groups had issued multiple warnings of an imminent famine in Gaza.

Hamas tells the Palestinians not to use a new help system

Hamas warned the Palestinians on Monday that they do not cooperate with the new aid system, saying that it is part of Israel’s plans to transfer much of the population of Gaza to other countries or force people north to the south of the southern part of Gaza.

Israel says that it plans to facilitate what it describes as the voluntary migration of much of the Gaza population of 2 million, a plan rejected by the Palestinians and much of the international community.

Israel’s military campaign has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and internally displaced 90% of its population, many people several times.

Mortal Israeli attacks in Gaza continue

The desperately necessary supplies began to flow to Gaza, according to the GHF, on Monday, when Israeli attacks kill at least 52 people in the Palestinian territory.

Air attacks killed at least 36 people in a school converted into a pounding that was beaten while people slept, which set their belongings on fire, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health, led by Gaza. The Israeli army said he went to militants who operated from school, but News themezone met a young woman who said her mother and all her sisters were killed in the strike while sleeping in the building at night.

Israel renewed its offensive in March after finishing a high fire with Hamas. He has promised to take control of Gaza and continue fighting until Hamas is destroyed or disarmed, and until he returns the remaining 58 hostages, a third of them that is believed to be alive, of the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023 that ignited the war.

Hamas and allied militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped 251 people in the 2023 attack. The retaliation offensive of Israel has killed around 54,000 Palestinians, according to the Ministry of Health of Hamas-Directive by Gaza. He says that more than half of the dead are women and children, but does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in their account.

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