Gaza Humanitarian Foundation begins work amid threats from Hamas

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24. More about the aid process and organization running it

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-ghf-aid-operation]

The organisation is made up of former humanitarian, government and military officials. It has said its distribution points will be guarded by private security firms and that the aid would reach a million Palestinians – around half of Gaza’s population – by the end of the week.

The new operation will rely on four major distribution centres in southern Gaza that will screen families for involvement with Hamas militants, potentially using facial recognition or biometric technology, according to aid officials.

But many details of how the operation will work remain unexplained, and it was not immediately clear whether aid groups that have refused to cooperate with the foundation would still be able to send in trucks.

Hamas condemned the new system, saying it would “replace order with chaos, enforce a policy of engineered starvation of Palestinian civilians, and use food as a weapon during wartime.“

With food critically short after a nearly three-month blockade, Israel has faced a mounting international outcry this, including from western allies, as it launched a new offensive in Gaza, already largely destroyed by Israeli bombardment and where the population of 2 million is at risk of famine.

Under international pressure, Israel began allowing a trickle of humanitarian aid into Gaza last week.

More info in the Guardian article.

More from Haaretz https://archive.is/2fB1a]

How Netanyahu's Office Chose a U.S. Firm With No Aid Experience to Run Gaza Food Project Behind Israeli Army's Back

Without a tender or proper procedure, a team led by the prime minister's military secretary recruited an obscure, inexperienced company to coordinate humanitarian operations in Gaza. Though the company presents itself as American, Israeli figures are also involved – and many questions remain unanswered

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Two little-known firms, the Safe Reach Solutions (SRS) logistics company and the UG Solutions private security company, will publicly assist the newly established Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and deliver aid amid increasing global outrage surrounding Israel's failures to alleviate the crisis.

SRS, which was only publicly launched in January 2025, drafted operational plans for the Netzarim corridor between north and south Gaza amid the cease-fire earlier this year. Their presence was jointly selected by the U.S., Egypt and Qatar, though both Israel and Hamas signed off on their involvement. Details surrounding its founding and funding remain opaque, though previous reporting from Jack Poulson indicated it is a shell company for Wyoming-based wealth management firm Two Ocean Trust LLC.

SRS CEO Phil Reilly spent 29 years at the CIA, including serving as chief of station in Afghanistan, and served in the U.S. Army Special Forces before that. Reilly played a major role in the manhunt for Osama Bin Laden, and was recently featured in a Netflix documentary on the matter.

Reilly also served as senior vice president of special activities for Constellis, a private military contractor formed after Academi merged with fellow private security company Triple Canopy. Academi was the rebranded Blackwater, which is perhaps the most notorious example of a private security company wantonly using force in a war zone – as it became a household name after a massacre committed by its employees in Iraq in 2007.

Lots more in the article.