November 24, 2025 – Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Completes Historic Aid Mission in Gaza After Delivering 187 Million Free Meals:
At A Critical Juncture, American-Led Emergency Aid Mission Helped Lay Groundwork For The Ceasefire And Future Of Gaza
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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) today announced the successful completion of its emergency mission in Gaza after delivering more than 187 million free meals directly to civilians living in Gaza — 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,” stated GHF Executive Director John Acree from Tel Aviv. “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.”
In response to President Donald J. Trump’s call to get aid directly to the people of Gaza, GHF built a new model from the ground up: secure sites, vetted local staff, disciplined operations, and direct delivery to civilians without interference from Hamas or other actors.
“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. Our dedicated and compassionate team, including former U.S. service members, humanitarians, local Gazan workers and other partners like Samaritan’s Purse, risked their lives to feed the people in Gaza amidst an active war conflict,” continued Acree.
Established as a temporary emergency aid initiative, GHF was created to fill critical gaps in the global response during the Gaza conflict. GHF pioneered a secured aid distribution model to deliver free meals directly to Palestinian aid seekers, especially the most vulnerable populations, through dedicated and separate aid distribution. GHF installed dedicated lanes and guaranteed aid distribution for women, children, and the elderly to ensure equitable and secure access to food aid for those most in need.
Led by an American team of humanitarian professionals, former U.S. service members, and courageous local Gazan workers—with critical support from partners like Samaritan’s Purse—GHF operated transparently, effectively, and without interference. Key international partners, including the Trump Administration, have stated that GHF not only helped stabilize food access on the ground, but also helped create the conditions that made the recent ceasefire and hostage release possible.
Throughout its operations, GHF:
- Distributed over 3 million food boxes, totaling 187 million meals.
- Delivered 5,600+ metric tons of potatoes and 1,300+ metric tons of onions.
- 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.
- Operated dedicated distribution lanes to prioritize women, children, and the elderly.
As the organization winds down operations, GHF leaders say they will maintain readiness to reconstitute if new humanitarian needs are identified and will not dissolve as a registered NGO. The group thanked the U.S. government for its support of this mission, and in particular President Donald J. Trump for his early and decisive leadership in catalyzing the effort.
“What our team will miss the most are the friendships and camaraderie developed with thousands of Gazans, especially the women and children we served. In early July, as the food security situation in Gaza improved, our operations stabilized and we experienced a major shift in winning over the trust of aid seekers to the point where our aid sites became local hangout spots for women and children interacting with our team on a daily basis. We will miss them dearly,” Acree concluded.
While GHF was only able to open and staff four aid distribution sites due to a lack of aid and access, its intended plan was to open additional sites to feed populations throughout all regions of Gaza. GHF pushed for collaboration with other humanitarian organizations to combine aid efforts, but legacy aid organizations, despite facing 92% aid diversion due to looting and rising violence along convoy routes, declined to work with GHF.
GHF repeatedly offered to help UN agencies secure and distribute their aid to meet the need in Gaza while preventing looting and diversion. During its entire four and half months of operations, not a single GHF aid truck was looted.
“While the original GHF plan was never permitted to be fully implemented, many positive aspects of our model and operations should be considered to improve aid distribution in Gaza and other parts of the world facing conflict. In the areas of Gaza we were permitted to operate, GHF accomplished its mission. All of our team members and supporters should be proud of our collective efforts,” stated Acree. “I am hopeful the CMCC and the international community writ large will learn from our success, understand the process we implemented and replicate it throughout Gaza in order that the safe delivery of food and other humanitarian aid will continue.”
Learn more about GHF’s operations in Gaza at ghf.org
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