Head of US-backed Gaza aid group

The head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Jake Wood, resigned on Sunday from his position as head of the organization at the center of a controversial US-backed plan to distribute aid in Gaza, citing a lack of independence. The UN and experts have said the Israeli-endorsed plan facilitates the use of food scarcity as a weapon of war against Palestinians in Gaza, and criticized its use of notorious private security firms to secure aid distribution hubs. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced on Monday it had begun to distribute food and will reach over a million Palestinians through the week.