A Swiss-based NGO has urged authorities to legally investigate the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US-backed organization that plans to oversee aid distribution in Gaza, according to Reuters.
Similarly, the United Nations described the aid plan placed by GHF as “not impartial or neutral”. Moreover, it leads to more displacement and exposes thousands of people to harm. Therefore, the UN decided not to be part of the plan.
Set to begin work in Gaza by the end of May, the GHF told Reuters it “strictly adheres” to humanitarian principles, and that it would not support any form of forced relocation of civilians.
Israel has allowed the resumption of limited aid deliveries this week after blockading the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza since March 2.
On Friday, TRIAL International, a Switzerland-based NGO, stated it had filed two legal submissions to Swiss authorities requesting the investigation of GHF, which is registered in Geneva.
“We’re asking Switzerland to exercise their own obligation under the Geneva Conventions to respect international humanitarian law…there are very grave issues at stake,” Philip Grant the Executive Director of TRIAL International told Reuters.
Since the beginning of Hamas-Israel War in Gaza in 2023, the Israeli strikes have killed at least 53,500 Palestinians and wounded more than 118,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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