United States and Israeli officials are discussing a mechanism to deliver aid to Gaza that bypasses Hamas, an Israeli source familiar with the matter told CNN.
By Dana Karni, Jennifer Hansler and Oren Liebermann Jerusalem (CNN) — United States and Israeli officials are discussing a mechanism to deliver aid to Gaza that bypasses Hamas, an Israeli source familiar with the matter and a State Department official told CNN.
The United Nations and major groups currently running aid operations in Gaza, briefed by Israel on the plans, said they would not cooperate with the plans.
Israeli officials say the country will seize more land in Gaza and has new plans for how aid gets distributed there. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
The United States said Thursday that a new foundation will soon announce plans for aid to Gaza, sidelining the United Nations as Israel's two-month blockade brings severe shortages to the war-battered territory.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A group of American security contractors, ex-military officers and humanitarian aid officials is proposing to take over the distribution of food and other supplies in Gaza based on plans similar to ones designed by Israel.
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee outlined an American-Israeli plan to funnel humanitarian aid into parts of Gaza that he acknowledged will initially feed only about 60% of the population.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will set up distribution sites that would be secured by private U.S. military contractors and operated by aid workers.
Israel would not be involved in food distribution under a US-led plan for the Gaza Strip but would provide "necessary military security", Washington's ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said on Friday.
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