A short timeline of events
March 2025 - Blockade
Israel prevents entry of food and humanitarian supplies to Gaza. Then they unilaterally break ceasefire.
May 2025 - Opening of GHF death traps
On May 27, Private US contractors roll out aid "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" sites backed by Israel. GHF was led by Jake Wood, a US military veteran, and now is directed by John Acree, longtime US imperialist who previously worked with USAID, and Johnnie Moore, an evangelical christian zionist and capitalist. These sites are all located in Israeli military zones, where journalists have no access.
June 2025 - GHF sites are condemned by everyone (except the zionists). Daily massacres continue at GHF sites.
GHF is immediately identified as a tool of genocide and condemned by aid and human rights organizations, the United Nations, and literally everyone on the ground from doctors to civilians.
The Gaza Health Ministry states that GHF "does not adhere to any professional or ethical standards of humanitarian work" and confirms civilian reports that GHF sites are staffed by armed private security personnel, and that both GHF staff and Israeli military have fired directly upon people collecting aid.
Save the Children's regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and eastern Europe, Ahmad Alhendawi released a statement that children were killed or injured in more than half of the fatal attacks at GHF sites, stating: "No child should be killed searching for food. This is not a humanitarian operation – it's a death trap. Forcing civilians into fenced-in zones only for them to be gunned down is the opposite of humanitarian – it's inhumane."
As of June 25, 549 people had been killed and more than 4,000 injured at or near GHF sites.
July 2025 - People continue to starve and endure daily massacres
As of July 16, The death toll of Palestinians killed near GHF aid hubs reached 700.
As of July 21, the death toll of Palestinians killed trying to access food aid reached 1,054.
UNRWA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)'s Ms. Touma stated: “The so-called GHF distribution scheme is a sadistic death-trap. Snipers open fire randomly on crowds as if they're given a license to kill… This cannot be our new norm. Humanitarian assistance is not the job of mercenaries.”
As of July 24, the Health Ministry reported that there were 28,000 cases of malnutrition in Gaza, with over 5,000 recorded in July alone.
On July 29, IPC releases an alert stating that the "worst case scenario of famine" is unfolding in Gaza.
August 2025 - Today
Today alone over 79 people have been killed trying to reach food aid.