Hamas working to 'sabotage' Trump-backed aid group with 'fake news': Israeli official

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation GHF a U S and Israeli-backed group has been the subject of backlash since before it began distributing aid last month Since the beginning of its operations there have been reports of violent incidents near distribution sites In recent months the IDF admitted that troops shot accused who failed to heed orders to back away from the soldiers One of the largest part vocal critics of GHF has been the United Nations with U N Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Crisis Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher urging the world to let his agency handle the situation However Israeli bureaucrats have pushed back on the U N narrative saying that GHF is distributing aid without letting Hamas benefit US-BACKED GAZA AID GROUP PAUSES FOOD DISTRIBUTION AFTER DAYS OF VIOLENCE Hamas is doing everything that it can to sabotage this effort to distribute aid directly to the people Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Oren Marmorstein communicated Fox News Digital He also disclosed that the terror group is extremely afraid that if the GHF is achieving it will lose its grip on the population of Gaza Marmorstein blamed Hamas for spreading fake news and fake information to take down the GHF On Wednesday the U S vetoed a U N Shield Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire the return of all hostages and the lifting of all restrictions on humanitarian aid entering the Strip Israel has repeatedly asserted that without limitations on aid entering Gaza Hamas would be able to enrich itself and keep control over the area In remarks ahead of the veto U S Charg d Affaires Dorothy Shea criticized the resolution saying it failed to acknowledge the disastrous shortcomings of the prior method of aid delivery which allowed Hamas to enrich itself at the expense of Palestinians and failed to get food and water to those who needed it bulk TRUMP ADMIN STANDS BY ISRAEL REJECTS UN RESOLUTION BACKED BY UK AND FRANCEShe also urged U N member states to backing GHF to help it safely deliver aid without it being diverted by Hamas Shea is not alone in her criticism of the U N s approach to GHF Israeli U N Ambassador Danny Danon lately accused the international body of employing mafia-like tactics against NGOs that worked with GHF Without any discussion without due process the U N removed those NGOs from the shared aid database That database is the central system for tracking aid deliveries into Gaza Danon informed the Safeguard Council on May This is the gravest violation of the U N 's own principles It is extortion of well-meaning NGOs that refuse to kiss the ring The GHF closed its distribution sites on Wednesday saying it was working to bolster defense and would reopen on Thursday However the reopening was delayed because of maintenance work The sites eventually resumed aid distribution later on Thursday