UN, Aid Groups Reject Israeli-US Gaza Aid Plan: “A Military Strategy to Control Life-Sustaining Supplies”

Gaza (Quds News Network)- United Nations agencies and humanitarian groups have refused to cooperate with a proposed Israeli-US ‘aid delivery mechanism’ for Gaza. They stated that the plan violates core humanitarian principles and is designed to reinforce control over life-sustaining items as a military strategy.

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.”

The new plan would dismantle the existing UN-run distribution system. It would give the Israeli military control over aid flows and create “militarized zones” where Palestinians would be forced to collect food and supplies.

“It is dangerous,” the statement warned, “driving civilians into militarized zones to collect rations, threatening lives, including those of humanitarian workers, while further entrenching forced displacement.”

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said they would not support any scheme that violates the principles of humanity, impartiality, independence, and neutrality. All UN and NGO leaders working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory have agreed on this position.

Israel has blocked the entry of food, medicine, and water into Gaza since ending the ceasefire in early March. UN agencies say warehouses are now empty, bakeries have shut down, and children are going hungry.

“The plan would leave large parts of Gaza — especially the most vulnerable — without aid,” the UN statement said.

Humanitarian teams remain in Gaza. They say they are ready to scale up life-saving operations as soon as the blockade ends.

“We have the supplies. We just need access,” the UN said, calling on world leaders to act now.

For over 2 months now, Israel has been blocking everything from entering Gaza. 57 people, most of them children, have died from hunger since the start of the genocide over 18 months ago. Meanwhile, health officials are warning that the besieged strip has entered the fifth phase of the famine, which means that mass deaths could be witnessed at any time.