Israel‘s drive to overhaul relief efforts in Gaza is running into significant problems, with insiders expressing doubts about its feasibility and worrying about the optics of militarising humanitarian aid, according to The Washington Post.
Internal planning in the murky organisation set to take control of aid delivery in the Strip – the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – has been beset with uncertainty, while divisions have surfaced in the Israeli military amid confusion about its objectives, sources tell the newspaper.
The Netanyahu government had planned to begin imposing the new system this week but has been forced to push back the date amid what has reportedly been a “rushed and chaotic” rollout.
Drawn up by Israeli officials in November and approved by ministers this month, the plan will hand responsibility for the humanitarian effort to the GHF, which will work alongside the Israeli military and American mercenaries.
The hundreds of aid distribution hubs currently operated by relief agencies will be shrunk to just four GHF-run centres. Each of them will be situated in the south of the strip, forcing Palestinians in the north to leave. …..more
