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US confirms plan for private firms to deliver Gaza aid despite UN alarm

created: May 9, 2025, 3:20 p.m. | updated: May 11, 2025, 4:35 p.m.

It says that a non-governmental organisation has been set up and that aid delivery will not be under Israeli military control. But they will not be involved in the distribution of the food, or even the bringing of food into Gaza." White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked on Friday whether the plan would "militarise" aid distribution in the region. The newly registered Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) appears to have been set up for this purpose. Many of Israel's allies pointed out that it was bound under international law to allow the unhindered passage of humanitarian aid.

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