75% of Gaza to Be Occupied in Two Months; 2 Million Civilians to Be Concentrated in Three Zones

[Nanjeanne]

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Free Haaretz link https://archive.is/Q7klW]

The Israeli military estimates that within two months, the IDF will have taken control of 75 percent of the Gaza Strip, concentrating around two million Palestinians into three main areas: Gaza City, the central refugee camps, and the al-Mawasi zone.

PLUS ARTICLES ABOUT THE UNKNOWN AMERICAN COMPANY chosen to handle humanitarian aid and the disturbing questions about it and who/what it actually is.

Free Haaretz link https://archive.is/lpezf]

But one detail raised eyebrows among humanitarian groups active in the region: the name of the company, Safe Reach Solutions [SRS] – an entity unknown to all veteran actors in the aid sector, and with no apparent experience in humanitarian logistics.

To this day, it's unclear who the Americans behind the company really are

An investigation by Haaretz reveals that even senior current and former Israeli defense officials were taken aback by the selection of the unknown company. Surprised – but not shocked.

'They don't look like humanitarians': Who are the opaque U.S. military contractors hired to guard the new Gaza aid project?

SRS was chosen through a secretive, noncompetitive process that bypassed the usual government channels – including the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the agency responsible for aid into Gaza so far.

As it turns out, the IDF and the Defense Ministry were completely excluded from the process of selecting the company, which was handled by Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's military secretary.

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Follow the money
Kahana estimates the six-month project could be worth $200 million, a staggering sum given the opacity surrounding Orbis and SRS. Defense officials say they still don't know who really owns or operates the companies, or how they're financed. "To this day, it's unclear who the Americans behind the company really are, or who they met with in Israel," says a senior security official involved in the planning.

It’s a fascinating long article worth reading and, I believe, pretty troubling.

Swiss Authorities May Investigate U.S.-backed Gaza Aid Group -
More about this US company. https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025-05-22/ty-article-magazine/.premium/they-dont-look-like-humanitarians-the-opaque-u-s-companies-hired-to-secure-gaza-aid/00000196-f83e-d7c4-a9b6-fc3e755a0000]

And more -

'They Don't Look Like Humanitarians': Who Are the Opaque U.S. Military Contractors Hired to Guard the New Gaza Aid Project?

Very little is known about the private companies contracted by the new Gaza Humanitarian Fund, staffed by former CIA, Blackwater and U.S. military personnel, from their funding to their rules of engagement. 'This scheme,' says one expert, 'is simply a way to corral Palestinians into a smaller piece of land'

https://archive.is/McfJ0]

[Mike Nelson]

1. "... to be Concentrated ..."

... conjures up images.

[Nanjeanne]

2. Sure does.

[CanonRay]

4. The Warsaw ghetto comes to mind.

Israel should be ashamed

[SarcasticSatyr]

8. When I heard the word "zones" . . .

that's exactly what I thought ...

[Goddessartist]

3. It's all so horrible.

Eric Prince comes to mind. I expect nothing good to come of it.

This is the Palestinians' land. Everyone else needs to get out. How is humanity allowing all of this, genocide, theft, extermination, targeting of children and babies, stealing everything including their lives?

[slightlv]

10. Eric Prince was exactly who I first thought as owning this "company" n/t

[enid602]

5. Saudis

It will be interesting to see how the Saudís and other Gulf states react to this development. We’ll find out where Trump’s deepest loyalty líes.

But hey, BiBi has said on many ocasions that Israel is willing to ‘go it alone.’ Looks like the Evangelicals might just get their biggest wet dream come true.

[slightlv]

11. Only until the Evangelicals start killing them

in order to bring back their Prince of Peace and establish their new heaven on earth. The rest of us, and Mother Earth Herself, will be so irradiated that even cockroaches won't survive!

[enid602]

12. Don't worry . . .

Trump and Elon will do just fine.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Where are the good Germans and Kapos to defend this?

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Disgusting and war crimes abound

[malaise]

14. They killed two RedCross workers today

Genocide and land theft

[Nanjeanne]

9. What are people's thoughts on this American company that no one knows anything about really and is

unheard of in humanitarian areas hired to “handle” humanitarian aid in Gaza? I posted links in the OP to various articles about it. I find it frightening. Wondering what others made of it.

[Uncle Joe]

13. Global oligarchs supplanting nation states as the primary societal structure it's all part of the same package.

It's another yellow brick being laid on the road to global hell.

The oligarchs and corporate supremacists have given up on humanity.

Thanks for the thread Nanjeanne

[Nanjeanne]

15. Just found this article from Times of Israel about how this is actually an Israeli idea and behind the

“US” organization. This is unreal to me.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyt-us-registered-gaza-aid-group-of-unclear-funding-the-brainchild-of-israelis/]

Gaza aid delivery project described as neutral and run by American contractors was conceived by several Israelis, including businessmen with close links to the government, raising concerns over transparency and neutrality, The New York Times reported Saturday.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is a US- and Israel-backed aid organization that was established to manage a new model for distributing humanitarian aid in the Strip in a manner that does not allow its diversion by Hamas.

It was built in close coordination with Israel amid mounting mistrust between Jerusalem and UN-backed aid groups that have been operating in the Strip to date, but the organization and US officials have maintained that it is an independent and neutral body.

However, the NYT report revealed that the project wasn’t simply built in coordination with Israel, but is “an Israeli brainchild.”

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Key players in the new plan included venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg, who was not in the military, Yotam HaCohen, a strategic consultant who joined the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and later became an aide to the prime minister’s military secretary Brig. Gen. Roman Gofman, and Liran Tancman, a tech investor also affiliated with COGAT.

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According to a separate Haaretz report published Sunday, S.R.S entered Gaza without any prior security clearance from the Shin Bet as is the procedure. Gofman reportedly handpicked S.R.S. in a secretive process that bypassed standard procedures and excluded key defense bodies, including the Shin Bet, the IDF, and the Defense Ministry.

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Unclear origins, mysterious funding

Another key revelation of The New York Times report was that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was registered in the US, not Switzerland, as previously believed.

Two entities – GHF and the private security firm S.R.S. – were registered in November 2024 by associates of Reilly.

GHF, led by Jake Wood, will supposedly raise funds and hire S.R.S. to secure food distribution. Though Wood said the two groups now operate independently, they were registered by the same US lawyer and shared a spokeswoman until recently.

This whole article should be read

[Uncle Joe]

16. and where did they get their seed money?

(snip)

Wood said it received a small amount of seed money from unnamed non-Israeli businessmen. The foundation said in a statement that a Western European country had donated over $100 million but declined to name the country, according to the Times.

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyt-us-registered-gaza-aid-group-of-unclear-funding-the-brainchild-of-israelis/

[Nanjeanne]

17. From one of the Articles I posted above

SRS, which was only publicly launched in January 2025, drafted operational plans for the Netzarim corridor between north and south Gaza amid the cease-fire earlier this year. Their presence was jointly selected by the U.S., Egypt and Qatar, though both Israel and Hamas signed off on their involvement. Details surrounding its founding and funding remain opaque, though previous reporting from Jack Poulson indicated it is a shell company for Wyoming-based wealth management firm Two Ocean Trust LLC.

Their website https://www.twoocean.com/]

Way too mysterious and I have a very hard time believing any of this has to do with aid to Gazans.

[Nanjeanne]

18. Re controversial US "aid" org I posted out in OP Exec Dir Jake Wood resigned

In a statement by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), executive director Jake Wood explained that he felt compelled to leave after determining the organization could not fulfil its mission in a way that adhered to "humanitarian principles."

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250526-head-of-controversial-us-backed-gaza-aid-group-resigns]