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title: "798 people killed while receiving aid in Gaza, says UN human rights office"
description: "GENEVA, July 11 (Reuters) - The UN human rights office said on Friday that it had recorded at least 798 killings both at aid points run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and near humanitarian convoys run by other relief groups, including the UN"
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# 798 people killed while receiving aid in Gaza, says UN human rights office

> GENEVA, July 11 (Reuters) - The UN human rights office said on Friday that it had recorded at least 798 killings both at aid points run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and near humanitarian convoys run by other relief groups, including the UN

By Reuters · Published 11 July 2025, 15:02 SAST · Updated 11 July 2025, 15:02 SAST

## Key points
- In a move that has the United Nations raising eyebrows and humanitarian rules in a tizzy, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is opting for private U.S. security firms to deliver aid, all while claiming their operations are as safe as a walk in a minefield—despite nearly 800 reported killings in the vicinity.
- The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) employs private U.S. firms to deliver aid, circumventing the U.N. system criticized by Israel.
- The U.N. deems GHF's approach "inherently unsafe" and a breach of humanitarian neutrality.
- OHCHR reports 798 killings since July 7, with a significant number near GHF distribution sites.
- GHF has been distributing food packages in Gaza since late May, denying any incidents at its locations.

## Content

By Olivia Le Poidevin

The GHF uses private U.S. security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza, largely bypassing a U.N.-led system that Israel says had let militants divert aid.

The United Nations has called the plan "inherently unsafe" and a violation of humanitarian impartiality rules.

"Up until the seventh of July, we've recorded now 798 killings, including 615 in the vicinity of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, and 183 presumably on the route of aid convoys," OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva.

The GHF began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May and has repeatedly denied that incidents had occurred at its sites.

(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin, Editing by Miranda Murray)