WJWC Condemns International Complicity in Gaza: Humanitarian Cover Used for Genocide and Displacement

Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) has issued a strong condemnation of international organizations and corporate actors cooperating with Israeli authorities in the Gaza Strip,

identifying them as participants in a systematic campaign of forced displacement, starvation, and destruction targeting Palestinian civilians. The organization warns that under the guise of humanitarian assistance, these entities are facilitating the transformation of military aggression into long-term control, mass population transfer, and irreversible demographic change. WJWC highlights the growing use of aid frameworks as a mechanism of violence, calling for immediate international intervention to halt the misuse of humanitarian structures for criminal purposes.

In its latest statement, WJWC denounces the involvement of several global institutions and companies aligned with Israeli occupation authorities, stating that these actors have become directly engaged in policies and operations that amount to genocide. It underscores that the occupation’s military campaign is not an isolated act of war but a comprehensive strategy sustained by international partnerships.

WJWC details how Israeli authorities have mobilized networks spanning technology, defense, surveillance, energy, and demolition sectors to support the ongoing campaign. These entities are not peripheral to the conflict but are enabling the execution of systematic violence while simultaneously profiting from its continuation. Among the key instruments of this strategy is the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” presented as a humanitarian body but structured to carry out operations related to displacement, aid distribution, and population control.

“Humanitarian Zones” as a Framework for Forced Displacement

On 7 July, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant instructed the Ministry of Defense to prepare a plan to establish a “humanitarian zone” within Gaza under military administration, with international organizations expected to participate later. WJWC reports that this announcement reflects broader Israeli-backed proposals to construct vast displacement camps under the designation of “transitional humanitarian zones.”

Investigations reviewed by WJWC show that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been positioned to coordinate all civilian activities linked to construction, evacuation, and so-called voluntary transfers. These roles are defined as part of a broader framework designed to present forced displacement as humanitarian relief, while serving the strategic objective of permanently altering Gaza’s demographics.

WJWC emphasizes that the Foundation’s compliance with Israeli directives for aid delivery implicates it in a starvation policy. Aid distribution centers, heavily restricted and placed near military positions, have become sites of repeated civilian casualties. These locations, far from offering relief, have functioned as kill zones for vulnerable populations seeking food and water—turning humanitarian access into a trap for targeted violence.

Civilian Deaths in Aid Zones and Systematic Starvation

Between 27 May and 8 July, a period marked by the introduction of a new Israeli-controlled aid mechanism, Israeli forces and affiliated foreign fighters killed 766 civilians and wounded over 5,044 others while they waited for humanitarian assistance. These figures, sourced from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, illustrate the human cost of a system presented as relief but structured to produce harm.

As of 8 July, the official death toll in Gaza stood at 57,575, with 136,879 wounded since 7 October 2023. These numbers exclude thousands still buried under rubble or unreachable in inaccessible zones. WJWC identifies these attacks not as isolated incidents, but as deliberate outcomes of a strategy that uses aid as a weapon, violating international law and amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Corporate Backing of Population Transfer Plans

A report by the Financial Times uncovered that the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), working at the request of Israeli authorities, designed a plan to relocate more than 500,000 Palestinians from Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was established in direct support of this plan, backed by U.S. and Israeli security and investment companies, including Orbis Security.

The plan was prepared for the Israeli institute called “Tashlit”, with BCG recruited through McNally Capital—an investment firm connected to Philip Riley, a former CIA operative. In late 2024, Riley launched the private security company Safe Reach Solutions, whose operational model draws directly from the BCG displacement blueprint.

WJWC cites the June–July 2025 report by Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, presented to the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Albanese’s report details how, since October 2023, the Israeli occupation has taken on a more structural character—relying on a network of transnational corporations that are not only enablers but key architects of ongoing violations. These actors, she writes, are deeply embedded in the infrastructure of occupation and dispossession.

On 8 July, Reuters disclosed further information on a proposal advanced by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to create large-scale displacement camps, both inside and potentially outside Gaza. These camps, referred to as “transitional humanitarian zones,” are described as central to the Israeli strategy of enforced demographic change under a humanitarian pretense.

WJWC asserts that Gallant’s announcement confirms the existence of a broader plan being executed with support from international collaborators. Amnesty International has also denounced the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, describing it as a tool to obscure the reality of genocide behind a polished narrative aimed at appeasing the global public.

Fragmentation and Geographic Control in Gaza

WJWC further warns of a deliberate Israeli strategy to fragment the Gaza Strip and eliminate its viability as a unified territory. In its 26 June report titled The Land and What Remains on It, the organization outlines how Gaza has been re-divided into three zones: “unsafe humanitarian areas,” “combat zones,” and “buffer zones.” This classification, it argues, serves to create permanent dislocation and prevent any possibility of civilian return or recovery.

“Unsafe humanitarian areas” are characterized by dire living conditions that pressure civilians to leave. “Combat zones” are subject to relentless bombing and destruction, while “buffer zones” are cordoned off by the military to enforce irreversible territorial change. The so-called aid centers within these zones—controlled by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation—form part of this policy, combining the denial of food with geographic exclusion to ensure long-term displacement.

The new aid system, introduced on 27 May and managed by a U.S.-based startup under direct Israeli military supervision, has received widespread criticism from international and humanitarian organizations. The mechanism forces civilians to travel over ten kilometers to reach aid sites, often under unsafe conditions and with no guarantee of safety or sufficient supplies. With the blockade on food aid in effect since 2 March, tens of thousands have gathered around these centers, where limited resources trigger internal tensions and conflict. WJWC warns that this system deliberately erodes Gaza’s social cohesion, reinforcing an overarching strategy of control through deprivation.

Calls for Action

Women Journalists Without Chains calls on the international community to immediately open an independent investigation into the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and affiliated corporations, security firms, and financial actors. The organization urges international legal bodies to hold accountable all individuals and institutions involved, based on the principles of individual and corporate criminal responsibility under international humanitarian and human rights law.

WJWC stresses that ending impunity for these crimes is a necessary step toward justice and prevention. It calls for urgent action to dismantle the infrastructure enabling genocide, end the weaponization of humanitarian aid, and confront the growing use of humanitarian narratives as cover for policies of occupation, displacement, and structural violence. Without such accountability, Gaza will remain a test case for the normalization of atrocity under the language of relief.