Senior UN aid officials met Wednesday with the chair of the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, marking their first direct engagement since the foundation began operating in Gaza in late May, according to a U.S. official and two other sources with direct knowledge.

Why it matters: The U.S.-brokered meeting at the UN mission in New York came after months of bitter public exchanges between the UN and the GHF, as Gaza spirals deeper into starvation. • Israel blocked the UN and its partner organizations from bringing any aid into Gaza for two months prior to the launch of the foundation, and it's continued to restrict most aid except what is flowing through the GHF. • As Israel prepares for a new offensive, the Trump administration wants to expand GHF's operations in Gaz

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