Gaza’s Government Media Office has rejected allegations by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) that Palestinian fighters blocked public access to its aid sites, Al Jazeera reports

In a statement, the Gaza government called the claims “a blatant fabrication” and the GHF’s efforts “a dangerous deviation from humanitarian neutrality”.

It blamed the chaos and delays in aid distribution on the new foundation’s mismanagement. The distribution sites are actually “segregated buffer zones” serving Israel’s military agenda, it added.

“GHF … has lost any pretense of credibility or neutrality by parroting and adopting the occupation’s narrative,” the statement said.

“It thus bears moral and legal responsibility for covering up the ongoing crime of genocide being committed against over 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip through the complete blockade of food, medicine, water, and fuel.”