GHF Ends Operations in Gaza After Six Months of Aid Deliveries

The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced today that it is ending its aid operations in the Gaza Strip in a report released by Fox News today, roughly six months after launching a program designed to bypass Hamas control and ensure food reached civilians directly.

GHF said the move follows the expiration of its contract with Israel on November 15, after which the organization began dismantling its distribution infrastructure inside Gaza. For now, there is no intention to renew the agreement.

The foundation was created in late May to counter widespread looting, corruption, and diversion of aid by Hamas terrorists. GHF says it delivered more than 187 million free meals in the Gaza Strip and provided over 1.1 million packs of ready-to-use supplementary food for malnourished children, with the organization emphasizing that none of its aid was stolen by Hamas.

In a statement from its earlier operational pause, the group said, “Due to the continued pause in operations in Gaza, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is making specific adjustments to its activity while continuing discussions with our partners regarding the next stage of the relief effort… For the avoidance of doubt, GHF continues to operate as a complete body and is ready to resume its work immediately when possible.”

GHF Executive Director John Acree said the organization achieved what it set out to prove. “From the outset, GHF’s goal was to meet an urgent need, prove that a new approach could succeed where others had failed, and ultimately hand off that success to the broader international community,” he said, noting that the creation of the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) signaled that the wider humanitarian community was ready to adopt GHF’s model.

Acree said GHF has been in talks “for weeks” with CMCC and major aid groups, adding that “it’s clear they will be adopting and expanding the model GHF piloted. As a result, we are winding down our operations as we have succeeded in our mission of showing there’s a better way to deliver aid to Gazans.”

GHF leaders said they stand ready to revive operations if new humanitarian needs emerge. “What our team will miss the most are the friendships and camaraderie developed with thousands of Gazans… We will miss them dearly,” Acree said.