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State Department says Gaza aid shipments reaching civilians as questions persist about new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
Summary
A State Department spokesperson said roughly 8,000 food boxes — about 462,000 meals — have been distributed into Gaza by a new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, while U.N. agencies and other aid groups have raised concerns about the foundation's independence, scope and distribution points.
The State Department said on the record that a private initiative called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has begun distributing food into Gaza and that, to date, “approximately 8,000 food boxes have been distributed,” a spokesperson said, an amount the department characterized as equal to about 462,000 meals.
The department framed the deliveries as a substantive breakthrough in getting food into areas where aid previously had been blocked or constrained. “The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ... has commenced providing life saving aid to the people of Gaza who desperately need it,” the spokesperson said. “Those seeking to get aid to the people of Gaza ... have succeeded.”
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