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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

GHF Discloses 12 of Its Local Staff Members Murdered by Hamas, Others Tortured in Gaza

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) disclosed that Hamas had placed bounties on American security workers in the Strip and that 12 of the organization's local staff members had been murdered in its latest update on the situation in Gaza on Sunday.

GHF, an Israeli and US-backed NGO, began operating in Gaza in May to distribute humanitarian aid.

"Hamas has placed bounties on both our American security personnel and Palestinian aid workers—offering cash rewards to anyone who injures or kills them," the Sunday GHF statement said.

It announced that 12 of its local staff have been murdered, and others have been tortured.

"The targets of Hamas’s brutality are heroes who are simply trying to feed the people of Gaza in the middle of a war," GHF stated. "Our US security personnel—some of America’s most elite and decorated veterans—are on the ground to protect people. And our local staff, who keep these operations running, have already paid the ultimate price: twelve murdered, others tortured, and now more threats emerging by the day," GHF continued.

GHF added that in recent days, Hamas has also "pre-positioned armed operatives near humanitarian zones in an effort to disrupt the only functioning aid delivery system in Gaza."

GHF has turned to the United Nations (UN) to condemn the targeting of workers in Gaza and urged partnership on new food delivery systems. (JPost/VFI News)