- ‘I have never seen a similar system applied in any conflict in the world that creates this kind of death trap, killing people who are already starving … It’s a total war crime,’ says Hilal Elver, former UN special rapporteur on the right to food ISTANBUL Since late May, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed at or near aid distribution centers operated by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). The killings – and the shadowy US- and Israeli-backed GHF – have been widely