Billions of dollars for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation... Will it resolve the crisis or increase tension?

The U.S. Department of State is currently considering granting $500 million to the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which provides aid to the Gaza Strip, as confirmed by two informed American sources and a former official. These funds are coming through the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is currently merging with the Department of State, as reported by Reuters. Despite the significant financial support, the plan faces internal opposition in Washington due to concerns about firing on Palestinians near aid distribution centers, which resulted in the deaths of over 80 people and injuries to hundreds between June 1 and June 3, 2025. Witnesses accused Israeli occupation soldiers of firing, while the army denied this, stating that warning shots were fired at "suspects." The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, established on February 11, 2025, based in the occupied Palestinian territories, and officially registered in Switzerland and the United States, began distributing aid last week amid warnings of a looming famine threatening Gaza's 2.3 million residents after an 11-week Israeli blockade, partially lifted in mid-May 2025. However, the foundation, which utilizes private American security and logistics companies, faces severe criticism from the United Nations and international relief organizations, which consider its plans lacking humanitarian neutrality and violating the basic principles of aid provision. The United Nations warned that the foundation's system would exclude the elderly, the injured, and the disabled, increase the suffering of displaced persons, in addition to the possibility of aid being turned into a political and military tool, deemed an "unacceptable precedent." The tense situation led to the resignation of the foundation's executive director and the suspension of aid distribution operations twice this week due to overcrowding at distribution centers, with only two out of three centers currently operational. Amidst this, the United Nations confirmed that the foundation's operations "distract from what is actually needed" and urged Israel to open all humanitarian crossings without restrictions.