US confirms plan for private firms to deliver Gaza aid despite UN alarm

[Twiglets1]

The US has confirmed that a new system for providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza through private companies is being prepared, as Israel's blockade continues for a third month.

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said "distribution centres" protected by security contractors would provide food and other supplies to over a million people initially, as part of an effort to prevent Hamas stealing aid.

He denied Israel would take part in aid delivery or distribution, but said its forces would secure the centres' perimeters.

It comes as details emerged about the controversial plan, which UN agencies have reiterated they will not co-operate with because it appears to "weaponize" aid.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp92rlm300mo

Over 200 were shot - how can you hit over 200 people and use the excuse that they walking towards you? Some had shrapnel from the canons - is utilising canons, quadcopters and snipers to kill or injure that many people acceptable because they walked in a certain direction??

Shot at Irish peacekeeping troops last week too.
https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-issues-formal-rebuke-of-israel-after-irish-troops-came-under-fire-in-lebanon-6720538-May2025/

You're talking about a separate incident.

And just repeating stuff that came from Hamas and has been denied by the IDF and GHF.

That post was in response to the poster who claimed the Palestinians are purposefully acting in a way that makes the IDF shoot at them with the sole purpose to demonise them.

So my question was, did the EU diplomats also plan out this whole thing just to demonise the IDF because according to the poster it's just all motivated by blind hatred of Jews. So all of this is just a ploy to force the IDF to act like fucking psychos and they have no agency in any of this mess.

If Israel and the IDF have nothing to hide then why won't they allow an independent investigation into the shooting of civilians who are attempting to collect aid. I mean if they are saying the truth this would be the best way to absolve them of blame.

You've asked me this question before and call in a "genuine" question but the repetition is tedious.

As I've said before, yes there are circumstances I would consider the IDF to be at blame. I blame them for allowing the Settler situation to have developed for example, and for defending the Settlers who have acted illegally.

I blame them for the situation where they attempted to destroy evidence by trying to bury a bus.

In return can I ask you again since you tend to not answer this question: do you blame Hamas for October 7th?

Who says they aren't allowing one?

I mean it would be a bit hard in a war zone and I'm not sure who we would all trust to be independent but still, I've not heard them saying they won't allow an independent investigation once it's safer in that area.

I will let them answer that question then, if they want to.

Women and children said to have been killed (the Red Cross) today. I’m sure small children must’ve been terrifying for the IDF.

So you're choosing again to ignore the question do you blame Hamas for October 7th?

I did actually draft a response but deleted it because the whole thing is totally tedious.

For the avoidance of all possible doubt, the only people to blame for October the 7th are Hamas. Who else would I blame? I’m not trying to caveat that like you do with the precious IDF. It should never have happened and of course hostages should never have been taken.

Do I think October 7th justifies what is happening now? Absolutely not.

Do I trust the Israeli government and the IDF given what their ministers openly say and how often the IDF prove themselves to be liars? Absolutely not.

All you had to do was answer the question.

People shoot enough questions at me including you and often the same questions over & over again.

Investigators went into Syria, Darfur, Iraq during active war.

The UN have set up independent investigations previously like for Yugoslavia. The UN, the ICC and human rights organisations like Human rights watch and amnesty international are independent of each other as well. But of course Israel has been eager to smear all of them.

I don’t think there is any question that Hamas committed the atrocities of 7/10. The world agrees that it did, and Hamas also admitted it.

Is it really up for debate?

Well let's hope that an independent investigation happens here too then, sooner rather than later, from a body that hasn't already attacked Israel (or they can't really be called neutral)

The question was more about whether people blame them for it, not whether they physically did it.

So any body who has ever criticised Israel cannot be trusted? Righto.

Oh do you mean if people excuse them for it because of the oppression of the Palestinians?

Well yes there must be people who do. There are certainly people who excuse what Israel has done because of 7/10.

Which leaves the Trump administration and Israel.

As every other credible organisation had criticised their conduct and rightly so. Heck even our own pretty useless government has.

@Twiglets1
Maybe the UN got from medical staff at the hospitals and from people whose families were injured/ killed and taken to hospital.
You are not expecting UN to just get their info from either Hamas or the IDF?

Exactly! Israel investigating itself is probably the level of independence that the ‘but Hamas’ posters would be happy with.

The main consulting firm that partnered with GHF has quit. I wonder what did it? There was a lot of money to be made, GHF claimed it had over $100 million in funding.

"Sources familiar with the initiative told the Washington Post that GHF is now struggling to function without its core team, particularly following the withdrawal of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the global consulting firm that had served as a critical operational partner.
On Friday, BCG announced it was terminating its contract with GHF and withdrawing its personnel from Tel Aviv. One senior partner involved in the project was placed on leave, pending an internal review. According to the Washington Post, BCG had effectively been the engine of the project—designing the logistics model, determining operating costs, and coordinating the contractors who built four distribution centers in southern Gaza. Although BCG insisted it had offered its services pro bono, other sources claimed the firm submitted invoices exceeding $1 million per month."

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bynnhd2zex

Is this an agreement that the IDF may have killed and injured many innocent people because they wondered from an agreed pathway.
Perhaps they wrongly felt safer being in a crowd- the poor souls.

Nobody believes a word IDF say.