The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced the end of its operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday.
The US-backed humanitarian organization announced that it delivered over 187 million free meals to Gazan civilians during its mission.
During the mission, GHF also "supplied 1.1 million packs of Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF) for malnourished children, partnered with Samaritan’s Purse medical teams to provide on-site care for mothers and infants, and operated dedicated distribution lanes to prioritize women, children, and the elderly," the organization stated.
This, according to GHF, was a "record humanitarian operation that ensured food aid reached Palestinian families safely and without diversion to Hamas or other entities."
“From the outset, GHF’s goal was to meet an urgent need, prove that a new approach could succeed where others had failed, and ultimately hand off that success to the broader international community. With the creation of the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) and a rejuvenated engagement of the international humanitarian community, GHF believes that moment has now arrived,” GHF Executive Director John Acree said.
"GHF has been in talks with CMCC and international organizations now for weeks about the way forward, and it's clear they will be adopting and expanding the model GHF piloted. As a result, we are winding down our operations as we have succeeded in our mission of showing there's a better way to deliver aid to Gazans," Acree continued.
"At a critical juncture, we are proud to have been the only aid operation that reliably and safely provided free meals directly to Palestinian people in Gaza, at scale and without diversion. From our very first day of operations, our mission was singular: feed civilians in desperate need. We built a new model that worked, saved lives, and restored dignity to civilians in Gaza," he added.
GHF thanks Trump administration for support during operations
GHF thanked the US, and President Donald Trump in particular, for their support of the humanitarian organization's mission.
"GHF has shared valuable lessons learned with us and our partners. GHF’s model, in which Hamas could no longer loot and profit from stealing aid, played a huge role in getting Hamas to the table and achieving a ceasefire," US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said.
"We thank them for all that they provided to Gazans," Pigott added.
GHF had been operating since May, but told The Jerusalem Post on October 12 that it paused operations due to the current ceasefire and hostage deal, but that it intended to continue at some undefined future point.
The US was considering a proposal for humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza that would replace GHF, according to a copy of the plan seen by Reuters on October 23.
It was one of several concepts being explored, two US officials and a humanitarian official familiar with the plan said at the time, as Washington sought to facilitate increased deliveries of assistance to the enclave after two years of war.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Reuters contributed to this report.