DaysofPal — The Swiss-based Alliance of Lawyers for Palestine (ASAP) has released sensitive findings concerning the operations of the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” an Israeli-American initiative involved in aid distribution in the Gaza Strip. According to the Alliance, the foundation is covertly collaborating with a private security company — Safe Reach Solutions — to conduct intelligence-gathering missions under the cover of humanitarian relief.
Majed Abu Salama, President of ASAP, told Palestine Online that Safe Reach Solutions employs a large number of retired U.S. military operatives, many with backgrounds in visual intelligence. These personnel, reportedly earning up to $1,000 per day, are carrying out surveillance operations that include drone monitoring and the use of observation rooms installed near aid distribution sites in Rafah.
According to Abu Salama, one of the primary objectives of these operations is to analyze the social dynamics of Gaza’s population and collect biometric and visual data. This data is allegedly being used to identify suspected members of the Palestinian resistance — all under the guise of preventing them from accessing humanitarian aid.
He stressed that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation does not maintain any field staff in Gaza or Israel. Instead, it outsources all ground operations to the private security contractor, effectively blurring the line between humanitarian work and military intelligence operations.
Officially registered in both Switzerland and the United States, the foundation is now under scrutiny. Abu Salama revealed that the legal watchdog TRIAL International has submitted two official complaints to Swiss authorities, calling for a formal investigation into the foundation’s operations and its affiliations with military and intelligence actors.
In a notable development, David Collier, a Swiss attorney and the only known board member of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, has resigned from his post. ASAP interprets this as a moral disavowal of the foundation’s activities, which it claims violate international humanitarian law.
Abu Salama has urged all humanitarian organizations to cut ties with both the foundation and Safe Reach Solutions, calling their collaboration a betrayal of humanitarian ethics and of the Palestinian people’s rights and dignity.
This revelation comes at a time of increasing international condemnation of Israeli tactics in Gaza, particularly concerning the transformation of aid distribution zones into lethal zones. Just days ago, Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of civilians near a U.S.-associated aid site in western Rafah, killing at least 30 Palestinians and injuring over 120 others.
Palestinian factions have condemned what they describe as a manipulated aid scheme, accusing Israeli authorities of attempting to replace organized relief efforts with chaos, and using hunger as a weapon — a form of collective punishment.
Since March 2, Israeli forces have blocked humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. On March 18, they broke a temporary ceasefire and resumed a campaign that has been widely described as genocidal, backed by U.S. political and military support. As of now, more than 176,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded, the vast majority women and children, with over 11,000 still missing beneath rubble or presumed dead.
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