Gaza Humanitarian Foundation initiative ‘outrageous’: UN probe chief

The use of the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to distribute food in the Palestinian territory is “outrageous”, the head of a UN inquiry said Wednesday.

Navi Pillay, who chairs the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Israel and the Palestinian territories, joined a growing chorus of criticism of the GHF’s operations, and cited its US links.

“In every war, the siege and starvation surely leads to death,” the former UN rights chief told journalists.

“But…