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FIRST ON FOX: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was pressured to close down operations at a ladies’s meals distribution web site Thursday after what it referred to as a reputable terror risk from Hamas.
GHF spokesperson Chapin Fay advised Fox Information Digital that GHF had served about 4,000 of roughly 5,500 assembled Palestinian ladies when military-aged males amassing close by started to pose a risk to operations. “At first, small numbers of males appeared to survey the GHF web site. These males started making telephone calls, and the group grew to a energy of a number of hundred.”
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File: Hamas terrorists marching in Gaza throughout a parade. (Getty Pictures)
“In actual time, we heard from trusted native sources that Hamas was planning to hurry the location. We additionally acquired credible info that Hamas operatives have been planning to infiltrate women-only distributions dressed as ladies.”
In consequence, GHF referred to as off women-only distributions all through all its distribution websites on Friday. Fay mentioned that the disruption was “not a selection we wish to make. It’s a call pressured by Hamas,” including, “It is not simply threatening us. They’re threatening their very own folks. The ladies of Gaza who’re merely making an attempt to feed their kids are being intimidated and endangered by the very group that claims to symbolize them. That is deliberate. That is strategic. And that is merciless,” he mentioned.
Fay accused Hamas of spreading false info, “telling those who [Secure Distribution Site Three] shall be closed subsequent week.” He mentioned that the group is just not sure whether or not which means that Hamas plans to assault the location.
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A Palestinian lady carries a field as folks search assist provides from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Basis (GHF), within the central Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025. (Stringer/Reuters)
“Individuals are visibly scared,” Fay mentioned of the rumors and alter in tempo. “They’re asking the identical query we’re: Why threaten the one operation feeding folks at scale in Gaza?”
Hamas has attacked GHF websites beforehand. In July, two veterans employed by GHF have been attacked with grenades of Iranian origin, that are commonly used by Hamas, whereas delivering assist.
Fay mentioned that GHF has confronted elevated stress on its websites because the Israel Protection Forces started their offensive in opposition to Gaza Metropolis. Fay says the group has seen a 15%-20% enhance in visitors at its websites over the previous few days. “Many have by no means been to our websites earlier than. They’re unfamiliar with our course of, and that unfamiliarity is creating confusion. Not violence, however elevated dysfunction.”
Gazans stroll with bins of humanitarian assist they acquired at a distribution middle run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Basis (GHF). (Eyad Baba/AFP through Getty Pictures)
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Fay referred to as on worldwide organizations and the United Nations to associate with GHF “so meals reaches the folks, not Hamas.”
At present, in line with the U.N. Workplace for Challenge Companies, 5,511 vehicles of assist despatched into Gaza have been intercepted since Might 19. Solely 938 vehicles (14.5%) have arrived at their intended destinations on this interval.
Since beginning operations in Might, GHF has distributed greater than 161 million meals, together with 1 million right now, in line with the group.
