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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison

Israel-backed food aid group admits it won’t be able to reach most vulnerable in Gaza

A group of Palestinians, many holding pots, clamour for food in front of a seller
The Israel-backed GHF has acknowledged that it will not be able to reach the most vulnerable Palestinians under proposed plans. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

The organisation backed by Israel to take over food distribution in Gaza as famine looms has admitted it would not be able to feed some of the most vulnerable civilians from the militarised compounds it plans to set up.

Aid groups and the United Nations have already refused to work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a Swiss-registered organisation led by a former US marine. They say it does not have the capacity to end hunger in Gaza and would make it harder to get aid to civilians caught up in other wars by undermining their neutrality.

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