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Gaza Aid Chief Resigns, Citing Concerns Over Independence and Feasibility

Jake Wood steps down from the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, as the enclave faces worsening starvation and aid shortages.

Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Jabalya, in northern Gaza, on May 19, 2025.
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Jake Wood speaks on stage during the 2019 Team Rubicon NYC Salute to Service Awards at Metropolitan Pavilion on May 1, 2019, in New York.

Overview

  • Jake Wood, executive director of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, resigned, stating the aid plan could not adhere to core humanitarian principles.
  • The foundation's controversial plan includes armed private security and biometric vetting of aid recipients, raising ethical and logistical concerns.
  • Humanitarian groups and the UN warned the plan risks displacing Palestinians and fails to address Gaza's urgent needs effectively.
  • Gaza's hunger crisis deepens, with 58 deaths from malnutrition and 242 deaths from shortages of food and medicine reported since March.
  • The UN criticizes Israel for allowing insufficient aid, with only 107 trucks entering Gaza on Sunday, far short of the daily need for 500-600 trucks.