Israel has tightly gripped the Gaza Strip with its military regulating the flow of aid and even the travel of desperate Palestinians seeking medical treatment in neighboring countries.
With Gaza's status as a severe humanitarian crisis continuing, Israel's handling of civilians in the area is considered flawed.
The UN in August 2025 had warned it but ignored it even though many civilian lives had fallen due to malnutrition and non-humanitarian health care.
Israel, which encircles Gaza residents with its military operations, takes control of the management and distribution of aid that should be saved if it works professionally and in accordance with human rights.
Israel only allows international aid into Gaza to be managed and operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), effectively sidelining UN-led humanitarian efforts.
GHF was established by Israel and the US to circumvent the traditional aid system run by the UN. The UN and other aid agencies refuse to cooperate with its system, saying it is unethical and unsafe.
Hundreds of Palestinians were recorded dead while trying to get food aid at the distribution site managed by GHF. According to the United Nations, most of the civilians were killed by Israeli soldiers. However, Israel is lying, saying that its forces only fired warning shots.
After the many civilian casualties just because they provided humanitarian assistance, GHF then in November 2025 declared an end to its operations in Gaza, citing a lack of funds.
Currently, the British national daily, the Financial Times, on Thursday, May 21, reported that GHF, which spent millions of dollars in emergency aid allocated for Gaza, was being investigated by the US State Department's internal watchdog.
The investigation is being led by the US Department of State's Office of Inspector General (OIG), which will focus on a grant of 30 million US dollars given to GHF in June 2025.
According to the report, investigators are examining how the funds were allocated and spent, including the source of funding and the pricing of food and logistics services purchased by GHF through private contractors.
A source familiar with the matter said that GHF used US State Department funds for the procurement of food and transportation services.
Another source said that GHF allocated the budget to buy food aid supplies at a higher price than the market, in contrast to the previous US-funded operations in Gaza.
A GHF spokesperson said the organization was unaware of the investigation and defended its procurement process, claiming most of the food was sourced locally at reasonable prices. However, the spokesperson admitted that transportation costs were very high due to the challenges of operating in an active war zone.
GNF Israel-US Formation and its Consequences
GHF has long faced criticism after its launch in May 2025 amid concerns over its opaque funding structure and reliance on private military contractors at the aid distribution site aka in Gaza.
The GHF's executive director and deputy resigned before the official operation began amid growing international criticism of Israel's blockade of Gaza and deteriorating humanitarian conditions.
The report also noted that health authorities in Gaza said about 1,000 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire while trying to access aid near the GHF distribution center, while UN agencies warned of starvation conditions across the region.
According to FT, US officials have privately expressed confusion about how GHF operates, especially after the US Donald Trump administration lifted some of the oversight and audit requirements that are normally imposed on tax-funded humanitarian organizations.
Democratic senators also expressed concerns at the time, and asked for clarification from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the mechanisms used when approving funding and security for the GNF.
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