Executive summary

The purpose of this paper is to delineate and describe The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)- why it was created, how it operates, and what it has managed to accomplish in Gaza. The paper will cover the operations of the GHF as well as the international campaign attempting to tarnish its humanitarian work by citing false claims originating from Hamas-aligned sources. This paper explains the humanitarian-aid complex and how the interests of UN bodies, Hamas, and certain mainstream media outlets all converged to chastising the GHF rather than collaborating with it in its humanitarian mission. 

• The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was created to establish a secure, professionally managed humanitarian supply channel in Gaza that operates independently of Hamas influence. Formed by a multidisciplinary team (humanitarian logistics, security, diplomacy, finance), it mobilized quickly after the deterioration of legacy aid mechanisms and is capitalized with U.S. government sponsorship plus private and governmental donor support from other unnamed sources. Its strategic purpose is dual: immediate large-scale relief (food, hygiene, medical essentials) and structural disruption of militant control over aid-dependent civilian life.

• Hamas has an inherent interest in scuttling the GHF humanitarian framework as it takes away its leverage over the population by controlling…