The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is extending an olive branch to one of its staunchest opponents, aiming to mend fences and establish a partnership for distributing aid. On Tuesday, the group’s executive chairman, Rev. Johnnie Moore, penned a letter to Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ under-secretary-general responsible for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordination.
“As you know, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza keeps worsening. Even with a significant amount of aid present in Gaza, most of it is stuck in storage, either not delivered or stolen. Consequently, millions of people are left without reliable access to food assistance,” Moore stated in the letter.
Moore contends in his letter that although U.N. agencies cite “lack of permissions” and security issues for the holdup in aid, the situation is considerably different.
Palestinians collect food from a humanitarian aid distribution point in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on Sunday, July 20, 2025. (Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fletcher is among several U.N. critics who have voiced opposition to the U.S.- and Israel-backed GHF. Before the organization even began distributing meals, Fletcher said it was a “fig leaf for further violence and displacement” and a “cynical sideshow.” Since then, Fletcher and U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese have criticized the GHF over reports of violence at its sites, with Albanese calling them “death traps.”
“Regardless of what you hear or read about in the international media, we’ve had very little violence on our sites,” Fay told Fox News Digital. He added that there were only two incidents: a deadly trampling that Fay said was “fomented by Hamas,” and another was a terror attack in which “Hamas-style grenades” were thrown at and injured two American workers.
“The veterans that make up our security personnel are highly, highly trained, experienced, and skilled. And they are not there because they know how to pull a trigger, they are there because they know when not to pull a trigger. And our people have never once shot at anyone,” Fay said.
Boxes and bags of humanitarian aid delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
Fay told Fox News Digital that the IDF is “responsible for security outside of our sites in Gaza, so you’d have to ask them about the casualties.” In response to a Fox News Digital request for comment, the IDF said that “instructions were issued to forces in the field following lessons learned” from situations in which civilians were harmed.
“Following incidents in which harm to civilians who arrived at distribution facilities was reported, thorough examinations were conducted in the Southern Command and instructions were issued to forces in the field following lessons learned. The aforementioned incidents are under review by the competent authorities in the IDF,” the IDF told Fox News Digital.
