US to provide Gaza aid through private companies with Israel security, sidelining UN agencies – Middle East Monitor

The United States has confirmed that it is preparing a new system of providing and distributing aid to Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, with a focus on private companies instead of the United Nations and its agencies.

Speaking to reporters this week, US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, revealed that Washington is set to introduce a new aid system in Gaza, with food and other supplies to be provided through “distribution centres” that will be…