The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations, but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, said Monday it would shutter operations.

The company had already closed distribution sites after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect six weeks ago in Gaza. It announced Monday that it was permanently shutting down, claiming it had fulfilled its mission. "We have succeeded in our mission of showing there's a better way to deliver aid to Gazans," GHF director John Acree said in a statement.

The operations of the GHF were shrouded in secrecy during its short time in operation. Launched with U.S. and Israeli backing as an alternative to the United Nations, the group never

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