Doctors Without Borders Condemns US-Funded Gaza Aid Agency, Calling It ‘Orchestrated Killing’
What’s new:
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) has issued a scathing statement accusing the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)—a US-funded aid agency allowed by Israel to operate in Gaza—of facilitating “sites of orchestrated killing and dehumanization” (Doctors Without Borders, 2025; Doctors Without Borders, 2025; United Nations, 2025).
Key findings:
MSF’s report, based on medical data, patient testimonies, and clinic observations, alleges targeted and indiscriminate violence by Israeli forces and private American contractors at GHF food distribution points (Doctors Without Borders, 2025; Médecins Sans Frontières, 2025; Al Jazeera, 2025).
MSF treated over 1,000 people near GHF sites and received 28 bodies, including 25 children under 15 who were shot (Médecins Sans Frontières, 2025; PBS NewsHour, 2025; Médecins Sans Frontières Australia, 2025).
The report concludes that the killings—especially of children—were intentional (Devex, 2025; Doctors Without Borders, 2025; Arab News Japan, 2025).
MSF’s words:
“In MSF’s nearly 54 years of operation, rarely have we seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians” (Devex, 2025; Médecins Sans Frontières Australia, 2025; Doctors Without Borders, 2025).
“There is no way to describe the murder of children as anything but intentional… the global inaction to stop GHF is baffling” (Al Jazeera, 2025; Devex, 2025; Arab News Japan, 2025).
Context:
In March 2025, PM Benjamin Netanyahu broke the hostage exchange and ceasefire deal with Hamas by imposing a total blockade on Gaza, halting all aid (NBC News, 2025; AP News, 2025; Middle East Eye, 2025; NPR, 2025; Mondoweiss, 2025; OSW Centre for Eastern Studies, 2025).
By late May 2025, Israel allowed limited food entry only through GHF, continuing to block UN aid (AJC, 2025; CBS News, 2025; Doctors Without Borders, 2025; Wikipedia, 2025; ABC News).
GHF runs just four sites, distributing food for mere minutes daily (The Washington Post, 2025; Doctors Without Borders, 2025).
Risks to civilians:
Palestinians must cross active war zones to reach GHF sites (PBS NewsHour, 2025; Al Jazeera English (YouTube), 2025; Democracy Now!, 2025; Responsible Statecraft, 2025; BBC News, 2025; Zeteo, 2025; HuffPost, 2025).
Over 1,400 Palestinians have been killed while trying to access aid (UN News, 2025; United Nations, 2025; Wikipedia, 2025; NPR, 2025).
MSF’s demands:
Immediate dismantling of the GHF system (Doctors Without Borders, 2025; Doctors Without Borders, 2025).
Restoration of UN-led humanitarian aid mechanisms (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2025; Médecins Sans Frontières, 2025).
As the occupying power, Israel is obligated to ensure safe, sufficient, and unimpeded humanitarian aid (Doctors Without Borders, 2025; Doctors Without Borders, 2025; Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2025; Amnesty International USA, 2025).
Bottom line:
MSF accuses the GHF—and by extension, Israeli and American actors—of weaponizing food aid in Gaza, turning survival into a deadly gamble.