The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said Saturday night that reports of Hamas targeting its personnel and aid workers in Gaza are credible.
"According to these reports, Hamas has placed bounties on both our American security personnel and Palestinian aid workers—offering cash rewards to anyone who injures or kills them," the aid organization said in a statement.
The organization claimed that Hamas has positioned its terrorists near humanitarian zones in recent days to disrupt their operations.
Despite Hamas's targeting of aid workers, GHF confirmed that as of Friday, nearly two million meals and over 26,000 boxes of aid have been delivered to Palestinian civilians.
Allegations against the IDF
The GHF statement follows IDF and Israeli denial of a report published by Haaretz, which claimed soldiers had shot at civilians collecting aid. These accusations were addressed by GHF, which denied knowledge of such events but said that it awaited the findings of an investigation.
“There is a claim from an anonymous IDF soldier alleging chaos at our aid sites. To date, there have been no incidents or fatalities at or in the immediate vicinity of any of our distribution sites," the organization said in a statement.
“We restate that areas outside of GHF’s perimeter are controlled by the IDF. It is vital that aid-seekers stay on the dedicated passage and closely follow instructions from our Facebook posts. We have also requested the IDF to do more to ensure our passages are kept safe for aid-seekers and investigate any allegations of harm at or near our aid sites.
“While we wait to hear from Israel to investigate these serious allegations further, GHF will continue to focus on feeding as many people as is safely possible within the constraints of a highly volatile environment — and we are doing it successfully day after day, delivering nearly 50 million meals to date since our operations began a month ago — even as other aid organizations struggle to deliver aid safely to beneficiaries.”
This is a developing story.