After 187 Million Meals Delivered, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Announces End to Mission 

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced on Monday the conclusion of its emergency mission.

The humanitarian group, which received significant financial backing from the U.S. and support from President Donald Trump, delivered 187 million meals to the people of Gaza since its launch at the end of May. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is leaving its aid mission in the hands of the recently established Civil-Military Coordination Center, headquartered in Israel, and other humanitarian groups.

“From the outset, [Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’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. With the creation of the Civil-Military Coordination Center and a rejuvenated engagement of the international humanitarian community, GHF believes that moment has now arrived,” John Acree, executive director of the organization, said in a statement Monday.  

The organization stood up operations in Gaza following growing reports of Hamas terrorists looting aid trucks. The aid group ran four main distribution sites in Gaza built on a model of using local people to help staff the sites and focused on security, disciplined operations, and delivering food directly to civilians to prevent Hamas interference.  

During its operation, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation came under intense scrutiny from the U.N. and criticism from world leaders following multiple violent incidents near its distribution sites, some of which resulted in civilian deaths. 

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation “inherently unsafe,” and even claimed the group was “killing people.” 

Despite the criticism, and the security risks to its own team, the group continued its work in Gaza until the ceasefire went into effect in October following Hamas and Israel agreeing to a peace plan based on Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war and release the remaining hostages.  

“We have faced enormous challenges. Our workers have been attacked and killed. Our integrity has been unfairly questioned. We have operated without the resources and recognition given to others. But we have not stopped,” Rev. Johnnie Moore, the group’s executive chairman, told The Daily Signal during an interview over the summer.  

During its roughly five months of operations, the group delivered more than 5,600 metric tons of potatoes and supplied over a million packs of ready-to-use supplementary food for malnourished children. Additionally, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation partnered with the Christian humanitarian group Samaritan’s Purse to provide medical care mothers and infants at its sites, and created dedicated distribution lanes that prioritized women, children, and the elderly. 

“What our team will miss the most are the friendships and camaraderie developed with thousands of Gazans, especially the women and children we served,” Acree said. “In early July, as the food security situation in Gaza improved, our operations stabilized and we experienced a major shift in winning over the trust of aid seekers to the point where our aid sites became local hangout spots for women and children interacting with our team on a daily basis. We will miss them dearly.”  

The group is maintaining its NGO status and will remain prepared to step up and help again should the need arise in Gaza, according to the group.  

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