An American Israeli plan for Gaza is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe

International rescue agencies have warned that the Israelis have planned to control the distribution of aid to Gaza, including the Back -back proposal, will lead only to an increase in suffering and death in the destroyed Palestinian territories, asking Israel to raise his siege to food and other supplies, which have now entered his third month.

The American ambassador to Israel, Mike Hackabi, said that the new aid system with the Backing of the United States will soon be launched and will urge the United Nations and other rescue organizations to participate. So far, the United Nations have rejected the new system, saying that “uses aid as a weapon”, threatens to cause a mass exodus for the Palestinians, violates the principles of neutrality and will not simply be able to provide the size of the required aid.

While it became a daily scene of despair in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians gathered in a charity cuisine in the southern city of Khan Yunis, they are climbing and shaking their tools to receive food. These kitchens are the only source of food remained for the 2.3 million people in the sector, but dozens of them have closed the doors in the last few days with the exhaustion of food supplies in the light of the Israeli siege. Rescue organizations say that other imminent closure.

Raed al -zaharna and his children left the sector, empty -handed after the exhaustion of today’s meals. “I’m thinking now: what will I feed them?” I can’t find anything. “

Israel has prevented the entry of food, medicine, fuel and other supplies in Gaza since March, claiming that he is trying to put pressure on Hamas to release the hostages and remove them. He also violated the cessation agreement with “Hamas”, taking his bombings on Gaza and checking vast areas of the strip. Human rights groups described the siege as a “hunger tactic” and a possible war crime.

Israel has confirmed that aid will not resume until a new distribution mechanism is established, to replace the enormous process led by the United Nations and independent rescue organizations during the 19 -month war. Israel accuses Hamas and other groups armed with the theft help, although he has not provided evidence of his accusations. The United Nations deny any great transformation of aid, confirming that it monitors distribution.

American security contractors

In a related context, James Elder, an UNICEF spokesman in Geneva, said: “Humanitarian aid should never be used as a bargaining card. There is a simple alternative: lifting the siege, allowing humanitarian aid to enter and save human lives”.

The United States say a new system coming. Hakapi has declared that the details of the new system supported by the United States will be announced in the next few days and the delivery operations should start “very soon”, although it has not specified a period of time. He described him as independent of Israel, who according to him would not have participated in the distribution. He said that private companies will provide security, while the Israeli army will guarantee the vicinity of the area from afar. He repeated the accusations of Israel according to which this is necessary; Because Hamas was stealing help. “I will be the first to admit that it will not be ideal, especially in the first days,” said Hakapi.

A new group supported by the United States called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” proposed the implementation of a project to distribute aid compatible with the requests of Israel, according to the documents obtained by the Associated Press. The group is made up of American security contractors, former government officials, former military officers and humanitarian officials.

In its proposal, the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” said that initially it will create four distribution sites, protected by private security companies, each of which will serve 300,000 people and only cover about half the population of Gaza. Hakapi said that the system will be expanded as “quickly possible”.

Aryeh Litston, a prominent member of the American advance Steve Witkeov, participated in the United Nations Agencies and Rescue Organizations around the Foundation of Geneva the day before (Thursday), according to one of the participants, Joseph Bilifo, CEO of Mid Global, a humanitarian humanitarian group that works in Gaza. He said the other participants insisted that the new model should not replace the current independent and neutral system led by the United Nations. Belifo said that rescue organizations have been working for years “according to the rigid care procedures … in a way that avoids the transfer of” aid. He said: «What we need is only to be authorized to work. We have to raise this siege. “

The United Nations rejected the Israeli plans to control aid. Israel did not lead any public detail on the new help mechanism. The United Nations say that what Israel has offered him so far in special discussions that violate human principles.

The agency’s emergency aid office declared in a yesterday’s declaration (Friday): “As the Secretary General explained, the United Nations will not participate in any agreement that does not adhere to humanitarian principles: humanitarian, integrity, independence and neutrality”. Edir, of “Unicef”, said that the plan was presented in the United Nations population document “designed to improve the control of the basic materials of life as a pressure method”.

Forced displacement of “political and military purposes”

Rescue operators say that the Palestinians will be forced to move to distribution centers or walk for miles to reach them, which will lead to forced movements that will save most of Gaza.

Although the positions of the centers are not yet determined, the rescue operators say that, according to the surroundings they have received, it seems that there will be none of them in the north of Gaza, where there are hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. During the war, Israel repeatedly invited the Palestinians to leave the North, including the city of Gaza, saying that this comes to preserve their security in the light of the war. Eder said that the plan would establish the forced displacement of “political and military purposes”. He added that the most vulnerable groups, including children, the elderly and the sick, may not be able to reach the centers.

In a statement released last month, 20 rescue organizations that work in Gaza said that the plan would force the Palestinians to “actual detention conditions” in the pockets around the centers. The rescue professionals reported that Israel informed the United Nations officials of his desire to verify the identity of the recipient of the aid, which has raised fears that he could obscure the aid for some for political or military reasons, although the proposal of the global rescue fund provides for the distribution of aid according to need. The elderly also warned that civilians were exposed to danger while looking for assistance in military areas. “It is likely that more children suffer and are at risk of death and injuries because of this plan,” said Elder.

Expanding “UNRWA”

The United Nations say that the new plan does not meet the size of the need for help. Rescue officials say that the new system simply will not provide sufficient assistance. Rescue organizations have occupied hundreds of distribution points through Gaza to distribute food, water, supplies of shelters and other raw materials, even at a time when the medical centers support, manage refuges and implement other programs.

Lead UNRWA; The main United Nations Agency Relief and Works of Palestinian Refugees, this process. Israel prohibited the agency last year, claiming that Hamas penetrated its employees. The UNRWA, which uses more than 10,000 people in Gaza, said that he is moving quickly to remove anyone who suspected his ties with the militants and that Israel did not provide evidence of his accusations.

Juliet Touma, a spokesman for UNRWA, said that the agency “has the largest scope” and “it is very difficult to represent any humanitarian operation without (UNRWA)”.

Ruth James, Oxfam’s regional humanitarian coordinator, said that large -scale networks are needed to offer aid to everyone. “This requires time and experience,” he added. Any new system is applied so quickly and without human experience and trust in societies, it will not be able to achieve this. “

Hakapi invited the United Nations agencies and rescue organizations to join the new mechanism.

The United Nations spokesman for the United Nations Humanitarian Office declared on Friday that the United Nations concerns were not faced in several meetings with Israeli officials. He denied the accusations that stealing aid is broad. He continued: “The problem lies in the obstruction of hundreds of aid trucks that should enter the Gaza strip every day. This is the radical cause of the humanitarian crisis. “