US and Israeli backed foundation to begin distributing food in Gaza in 'days'

A private US-backed foundation set up to distribute aid in war-stricken Gaza said on Wednesday that it will start handing out supplies in "coming days" and that its aim was to complement rather than replace the United Nations.

The United Nations has said it will not take part in the operation being prepared by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) which has been widely discredited among aid workers, and even members of the Foundation's board in a recent Financial Times interview. 

The foundation, which has been based in Geneva since February, said in a statement it "will be operational in the coming days and will deliver aid to the people of Gaza without delay, diversion, or discrimination."