US-backed aid group says Gaza operations have begun a day after its director resigned

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said truckloads of food had been delivered amid uncertainty about how effective the group would be

A US-backed foundation tasked with supplying aid to Gaza said it had begun operations on Monday, delivering truckloads of food to designated distribution sites a day after its executive director resigned because the operation could not fulfil its mission in a way that adhered to humanitarian principles".

The aid plan, which has been endorsed by Israel but rejected by the UN, unfolded amid uncertainty about whether any assistance had actually reached civilians.