The United Nations confirmed Tuesday that U.N. officials met with the chair of the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation at a U.S.-hosted event on Gaza’s crisis. It was the U.N.'s first direct contact with the foundation since Israel barred international humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza, turning over control to GHF — a shadowy U.S.- and Israel-backed organization whose aid distribution sites have been widely condemned as “death traps.” Over 1,800 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to collect food since GHF took over Gaza's aid operations, with at least 19 aid seekers killed yesterday alone.

On Tuesday evening, Israeli peace activists in Tel Aviv condemned Israel’s starvation campaign against Gaza as they protested outside a hotel where GHF officials were reportedly staying.

Ilan Volkov: “We oppose every action that the Gaza Humanitarian Fund are doing. They must close now. Aid must flow to the 400 points that are existing with UNRWA and all the other agencies that are ready to do their work so the food comes to everybody.”