The controversial US and Israel-backed aid group whose food banks were linked to hundreds of deaths in Gaza has said it is ceasing operations.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) had closed its distribution sites after a US-brokered ceasefire took effect on October 10. On Monday, it announced what it called the "successful completion of its emergency mission in Gaza".
It touted the delivery of 187 million meals directly to the people of Gaza, bypassing Hamas, as "a record humanitarian operation".
“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,” said the GHF director John Acree.
The GHF ran four distribution centres in the Gaza Strip, while the UN system it replaced had 400. The organisation was shunned by the UN and charity workers, who saw it as biased and dangerous.
Hundreds of Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid at the four GHF sites, according to the UN human rights office.
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