State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott Touts '110 Million Meals' Delivered By Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

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At a State Department press briefing on Thursday, State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott was asked about collaboration between the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the United Nations.

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00:00they have one other question a report today that the gaza humanitarian foundation finally secured

00:05a meeting with united nations officials a can you confirm that and b i know that ghf and the

00:13state department have been calling for cooperation to happen but never really an idea of what that

00:18cooperation would actually look like in practice can you give us an idea of what exactly the state

00:23department envisions in a cooperative agreement between jhf and the un well i refer you to ghf for

00:28more details on meetings they may or not be having with different organizations or or the united

00:33nations what i can say is we've been clear is that we want to see as much aid as possible go

00:37to the people of gaza without it being looted by hamas we've been clear that we want to see creative

00:41solutions that there's a mechanism in place that has been able to deliver 110 million meals without

00:46it being looted by hamas we've also been clear in our concerns about how other different delivery

00:51systems have seen issues when it comes to the diversion of aid so the specifics uh we'll see

00:56exactly the president's talked about uh wanting to see more aid get into gaza we've seen for example

01:00from this podium talking about how uh the ambassador and special envoy wickhoff have briefed the

01:04president after their recent trip to the region we'll see what specifics come out in terms of future

01:08steps but there are many options being discussed we want to see as much aid gets the people of gaza

01:12without it being looted by hamas as possible yes

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