The United States has replaced Israel in overseeing humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip, according to a Friday Washington Post report.
The Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), set up in Kiryat Gat by the US, is now taking charge of aid importation. Israel will take a secondary role in deciding what enters Gaza, the Washington Post reported, citing several officials familiar with the transition.
US forces are taking part in overseeing and coordinating aid transfer into the Gaza Strip together with Israel as part of US President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan, an Israeli security official confirmed to Reuters on Saturday.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has also stepped up monitoring aid distribution and the ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization, the report added.
'Israel still part of conversation' on aid to Gaza
The Washington Post also cited a US official who stated that Israel is still part of the negotiations and "part of the conversation" on aid distribution, but that "decisions will be taken by the wider body."
The report then cited multiple individuals linked to the CMCC saying that its first weeks of operation were "chaotic and indecisive."
Jan Egeland, the Norwegian Refugee Council's Secretary-General, wrote on X/Twitter on Wednesday that "the humanitarian aid promise of the Trump peace plan for Gaza is blocked. Aid groups working for shelter in Gaza warn that hundreds of thousands of families face the coming winter without desperately needed protection from the elements."
Egeland was then quoted in the Friday report, describing the US replacing Israel's responsibilities in overseeing aid to be "very good news. "
“Our appeal is to make the plan a reality. Of course, the credibility of the United States is at stake here," she added,
The swapping of responsibility from Israel to the US comes nearly a week after CENTCOM posted a video on social platforms of what it said was “suspected Hamas operatives looting an aid truck traveling as part of a humanitarian convoy delivering needed assistance from international partners to Gazans in northern Khan Yunis.”
The terrorist organization then denied the allegations, saying that the accusations were "baseless and unfounded" and that its aims are to “justify the already limited reduction of humanitarian aid.”
Seth J. Frantzman contributed to this report.