An unprovoked attack by Hamas on Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) workers resulted in at least eight fatalities and numerous injuries, with the U.S.-backed organization fearing some team members might have been taken hostage.

“We carefully considered closing our sites today due to the increased security risks and safety concerns, but we decided that the best response to Hamas’ cowardly acts was to continue delivering food for the people of Gaza who rely on us. We will not be deterred from our mission to provide food security for the Palestinian people in Gaza,” stated GHF interim Executive Director John Acree.

Palestinians in Gaza get aid from the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)

Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Oren Marmorstein posted about the attack on X and asked whether the United Nations would condemn it.

“Attacks on civilians in Gaza – including the killing and injury of hungry individuals seeking food and those delivering it – are unacceptable. These incidents have concentrated around the newly established militarized distribution centers, where starving individuals report that Israeli forces have opened fire on them,” U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Spokesperson Eri Kaneko conveyed to Fox News Digital.

The spokesperson, quoting the Hamas-run agency, said that,”According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, hospitals have received more than 200 fatalities and over 2,000 injuries from these areas over the past two weeks. Yesterday, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation stated that Palestinians involved in their distributions were killed, injured and captured by Hamas. Lifesaving aid must not be weaponized or obstructed. It must reach people in need – rapidly, at scale, and in line with humanitarian principles.”

The United Nations and GHF have been at odds as the international body criticized the U.S.- and Israeli-backed organization and doubted its ability to bring aid to the people of Gaza. In May, Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon accused the U.N. of removing NGOs from a shared aid database after the groups defied a call by the international body to boycott GHF.

People carry boxes of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation from an aid distribution centre in the central Gaza Strip on June 8, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

Moore also slammed the U.N. for its silence in the face of Hamas’ threats of violence against aid workers and questioned the organization’s absence following the deadly attack.

“The UN – worse, much worse, than silence they continue their vicious slander against our mission. A mission with one goal: FEED GAZA! The principle of impartiality does not mean neutrality. There is good and evil in this world. What we are doing is good and what Hamas did to these Gazans is absolute evil,” Moore wrote in a post on X. 

“I am sorry it has come to this but again we extend our hand to UN, the WFP, the ICRC, the EU, the GCC, and the world – join us.  We can do this together. Or for God’s sake, for the sake of humanity, if you’re not going to join us at least have the courage to boycott HAMAS, not us.”

Since the launch of its operations late last month, GHF has reportedly distributed approximately 18,647,662 meals via roughly 316,320 boxes. Moore recently told Fox News Digital that Palestinians who have received aid from GHF have been thanking the U.S. and President Donald Trump for the assistance.

Neither the spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres nor the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment in time for publication.