Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls for U.N. to Condemn Attacks on Aid Workers

"The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has called on the United Nations to publicly condemn the killing of aid workers in Gaza and to collaborate in order to provide relief to the enclave’s population, accusing the UN of perpetuating a ‘vast disinformation campaign’ aimed at tarnishing the US- and Israel-backed foundation’s image.

In a letter sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, GHF executive chairman Rev. Johnnie Moore defended the foundation’s efforts to distribute aid to the civilians of Gaza, the Palestinian enclave that has been ruled by the Hamas terrorist group for nearly two decades.

‘Nearly 40 million meals have been distributed in our first month of operations from our Secure Distribution Sites,’ Moore wrote, adding that the program has successfully distributed emergency aid to Palestinians in ‘desperate need’ despite constantly operating ‘under grave threat.’

Moore also criticized the UN, saying that the GHF has ‘shared our data and our logistical approach’ with the global body in hopes of forging a collaboration effort between the two entities. He lamented that the UN has ‘neither partnered with GHF nor even acknowledged our operational successes.’

‘Our work has continued with normal operations amidst an expanding regional conflict, and also a vast disinformation campaign which has sought to stop us from feeding people from the moment we started,’ Moore continued. ‘We regret that your own office has been a victim of this disinformation campaign which has only threatened to further harm the Gazan people.’

The GHF was created because Hamas routinely steals humanitarian aid, leaving civilians facing severe shortages. Documents released by the Israeli military earlier this month showed that Hamas operatives violently took control of approximately 25 percent of incoming aid shipments, which they then resold to civilians at inflated prices...

In his letter, Moore also criticized the UN for staying ‘absolutely silent in the wake of a targeted killing of GHF personnel nearly two weeks ago.’

‘Their murder was not only a violation of international law, it was an affront to the very principles the UN purports to defend,’ the GHF chairman added. He called on the UN to ‘publicly condemn the targeting of humanitarian workers in Gaza, and to denounce the obstruction of aid by Hamas and other armed factions.’

Moore’s letter came about two weeks after the GHF said that, on the night of June 11, several of its aid workers were killed when Hamas gunmen attacked a bus transporting local staffers..."