Israel Plans to Control Gaza Aid With U.S. Security Contractors, Report
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel plans to take full control of humanitarian aid distribution inside Gaza using private American security contractors, The Washington Post has revealed. The plan is a condition for lifting a two-month-long blockade that has pushed 2 million Palestinians to starvation.
The Israeli proposal has support from the Israeli government and military. Officials aim to implement it before U.S. President Donald Trump visits the region in mid-May.
Under the plan, only 60 trucks of food and hygiene supplies will enter Gaza daily—just 10% of the aid volume seen during the last ceasefire. Aid groups say that amount is grossly inadequate and warn of rising tensions and violence around distribution sites.
Once inside Gaza, trucks will head to six Israeli-controlled distribution hubs in the south. American private contractors will secure the sites. Palestinians will have to collect 44-pound aid parcels every one to two weeks, using facial recognition at entry points. Aid workers, not soldiers, will manage the handouts.
The United Nations and dozens of aid organizations have rejected the plan. They say it violates international humanitarian principles and puts civilians and aid staff at risk.
In a joint statement released Sunday, the UN and NGOs said the plan “contravenes fundamental humanitarian principles and appears designed to reinforce control over life-sustaining items as a pressure tactic — as part of a military strategy.”
“This system will limit aid to the bare minimum and exclude people arbitrarily,” said a humanitarian official working in Gaza. “Sixty trucks a day is a joke.”
Funding for the plan—including for security contractors—will come through a new Swiss-registered nonprofit called “the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation”, but the exact donors remain unclear.
Israel claims Hamas has profited from previous aid deliveries. Rights groups and U.S. officials say Israel has shown no proof of those claims.
Israeli lawmakers and ministers have called for starving the population. “Yes, I’ll starve Gazans,” said Moshe Saada, a Likud member, in a recent public statement.
Two U.S. firms—’Safe Reach Solutions (SRS)’ and ‘UG Solutions’—will run security and logistics. Both are led by former American intelligence and military personnel. They will operate without authority to detain or arrest civilians.
The plan will sideline the United Nations and major aid groups. Humanitarian laws require aid to be neutral and free from military involvement.
Aid groups also fear that biometric screening will expose Palestinians to arrest or harm. “People are scared. They’ve seen what happens to civilians in Israeli custody,” said Joseph Belliveau, director of MedGlobal.
Since Israel resumed the genocide in March, Israel has killed more than 2,200 Palestinians and wounded over 5,700, most of them women and children. Nearly 300 aid workers have been killed since October, most by Israeli attacks.
