US consulting group terminates contract with controversial US-backed Gaza aid organization
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A US consulting firm has canceled its contract with the controversial US and Israel-backed aid organization set up to distribute aid as famine conditions worsen in war-ravaged Gaza, a spokesperson for Boston Consulting Group told CNN.
A US consulting firm has canceled its contract with the controversial US and Israel-backed aid organization set up to distribute food and humanitarian supplies as famine conditions worsen in war-ravaged Gaza, a spokesperson for Boston Consulting Group told CNN. “Unapproved follow-on work relating to Gaza lacked buy-in from multilateral stakeholders and was stopped on May 30. BCG has not and will not be paid for any of this work,” the spokesperson said. The BCG partner who was in charge of the work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been put on administrative leave while a formal review of the firm’s involvement is carried out, the spokesperson added. The news comes as nearly 30 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured on Tuesday after coming under fire for a third consecutive day near an aid distribution site operated by the organization in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Nasser hospital. The Israeli military said its forces opened fire multiple times after identifying “several suspects moving toward them, deviating from the designated access routes.” “The troops carried out warning fire, and after the suspects failed to retreat, additional shots were directed near a few individual suspects who advanced toward the troops,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement, which also said they are looking into reports of casualties.
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