In a statement issued Tuesday, UN rapporteurs expressed "grave concern" about the nature of the institution's work, warning that Palestinians are paying a heavy price for the international community's failures at the legal, political, and moral levels.
The statement noted that the organization, established by Israel in February 2025 with direct US support, is a "deeply troubling" example of how humanitarian work can be used as a cover for military and geopolitical agendas, in flagrant violation of international law.
The UN rapporteurs criticized what they described as "the involvement of Israeli intelligence with American contractors and shadowy non-governmental organizations," stressing that this situation requires "urgent UN oversight and action."
They held the Israeli occupation responsible for providing food aid to those affected by the genocide without oversight or accountability, describing it as "blatant and disgusting hypocrisy."
The statement emphasized that describing the organization's practices as "humanitarian" contributes to "Israel's humanitarian camouflage," considering that withholding or delaying aid is not only an inhumane act, but a war crime committed within the context of a documented and universally condemned genocide aimed at deliberately starving civilians.
He added that the Israeli occupation army and foreign soldiers opened fire indiscriminately on Palestinians seeking aid near the foundation's so-called "distribution centers." At least 859 Palestinians have been killed in the vicinity of these centers since the foundation began its operations in late May 2025, according to the statement.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of martyrs due to daily gunfire on those waiting for aid has reached 1,568, with more than 11,230 wounded. It also reported that the number of victims of systematic starvation and malnutrition has risen to 188, including 94 children, since October 7, 2023.
Far from the oversight of the United Nations and international relief organizations, the occupation began implementing an aid distribution plan on May 27 through the so-called "Gaza Humanitarian Relief Foundation," an organization supported by Israel and the United States but rejected by the United Nations.
The Israeli war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, 2023, has left more than 211,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 9,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that has claimed the lives of many.
