Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the international community to condemn the Hamas terrorist attack that wounded two U.S. employees of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in southern Gaza the previous day.
The Israeli prime minister sent his “best wishes for a speedy recovery to the employees of the American aid foundation, who were wounded in the terrorist incident that was perpetrated by Hamas terrorists at the food distribution facility,” according to a statement from his office.
The foundation was doing “important work,” said Netanyahu, who thanked both it and U.S. President Donald Trump.
“The entire world needs to stand up and condemn the severe incident, which again reveals the brutality of Hamas,” he added.
Netanyahu echoed calls for the United Nations to drop opposition to the GHF’s aid activities and “act in concert so that the latter might continue to safely act on behalf of the residents of the Gaza Strip.”
According to a preliminary investigation into Saturday’s terrorist attack, two assailants threw fragmentation grenades at workers inside an aid compound after food distribution concluded. Thousands of Gazans had safely received food before the attack. No local aid workers or civilians were harmed.
The American workers were evacuated for medical treatment with the help of the Israeli army and were in stable condition.
The aid organization stated on Saturday, “We are grateful their injuries are not life-threatening and ask the public to keep them and their families in their thoughts and prayers.
“GHF has repeatedly warned of credible threats from Hamas, including explicit plans to target American personnel, Palestinian aid workers and the civilians who rely on our sites for food. Today’s attack tragically affirms those warnings,” the foundation’s statement continued.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce in a social media post on Saturday afternoon said the terrorist attack “against the people actually bringing relief to Gazans lays bare the depravity of Hamas.”
“GHF has contributed over 62 MILLION MEALS—nothing will stop these courageous aid workers,” Bruce wrote in an X post, adding, “We are praying for the rapid recovery of the injured Americans.”
On Sunday, the GHF continued its operations “without incident,” interim Executive Director John Acree said in a statement.
“The terrorist attack that targeted our aid workers will not prevent us from continuing to deliver millions of meals to Gazans,” Acree stated.
“We have issued repeated warnings to the international community about credible threats from Hamas—including explicit intentions to target our American personnel, Palestinian aid workers, and the civilians who depend on our sites for food,” said the aid boss.
“The recent direct attack on our team tragically validates those warnings. Yet in the face of this, we remain undeterred in our mission,” he added.