The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation delivered some 1.5 million meals on Monday, bringing its total to more than 66 million meals, the organization announced.
It also distributed three truckloads of potatoes to its distribution site in Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the Strip, as part of an “ongoing pilot program.”
“As the number of meals delivered continues to grow, the heart of our mission remains the same—getting food into the hands of those who need it most,” said GHF interim president John Acree.
“GHF is here to feed the people in Gaza, and we will not be pulled off course by disinformation, intimidation or distraction,” he said.
On Monday, Reuters corrected an article initially claiming that GHF submitted a proposal to put Palestinians in camps, also known as Humanitarian Transit Areas, while the Hamas terror group in Gaza was dismantled.
“We made it unequivocally clear, on the record, that the document was not ours, does not reflect our work, and has absolutely no connection to GHF or to our mission,” the organization stated.
“This is only the latest example of inaccurate, agenda-driven coverage of GHF being used to distort and distract from our one mission to meet the urgent and overwhelming needs of the population in Gaza,” it continued.
“Bottom line: GHF is not planning for or implementing HTAs, period,” GHF stated. “Our sole focus remains on scaling up food aid operations to meet the urgent and overwhelming needs of the population in Gaza.”
