Israel proposes plan to screen Gaza aid recipients using facial recognition technology

By lauraharris // 2025-05-25

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The U.S. and Israel agreed to allow limited humanitarian aid into Gaza, but only if recipients undergo biometric facial recognition screening to prevent Hamas from accessing supplies.
Aid (food, medicine, hygiene kits) will be restricted to 60 percent of Gaza's population, distributed via four Israeli-controlled "safe zone" centers, bypassing existing UN networks.
Major aid groups, including the UN, reject the plan, calling it a violation of neutrality and a tool for Israeli military control, citing no evidence of large-scale Hamas aid diversion.
Experts compare the biometric screening and private security involvement to historical abuses (e.g., Holocaust, Iraq War), warning of forced displacement and erosion of aid impartiality.
The plan was endorsed by Israel under U.S. pressure, with Trump's administration pushing for aid while maintaining pressure on Hamas, despite widespread criticism.

The United States and Israel have announced a new plan to allow limited humanitarian aid into Gaza, contingent on the use of biometric facial recognition technology to screen recipients, following weeks of a near-total blockade that has pushed the enclave toward famine. During President Donald Trump's recent visit to Arab allies in the Gulf, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar publicly endorsed the 14-page proposal brokered under U.S. pressure. The move follows intense diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration, which has urged Israel to ease restrictions while maintaining pressure on Hamas. (Related: Aid groups: Israel blocks 83% of food aid to Gaza, triggering severe humanitarian crisis.) "President Trump has made very clear that one of the most urgent things that needs to happen is humanitarian aid into Gaza, and he has tasked all of his team to do everything possible to accelerate that and to as expeditiously as possible get humanitarian aid in, to the people," said U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. The proposal would initially provide pre-packaged food, hygiene kits and medical supplies to only 60 percent of Gaza's 2.1 million residents, with distribution managed by a newly formed Swiss charity, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Instead of using the existing network of around 400 United Nations (UN) distribution points, only four aid centers would be established in a southern "safe zone" controlled by Israeli forces, where displaced Palestinians must relocate to receive assistance. However, this plan hinges on facial recognition technology to screen civilians and verify identities, a measure Israel claims will prevent Hamas members from accessing aid. "It will enable aid to go directly to the people. Hamas must not be allowed to get their hands on it," Saar said in a separate announcement on May 11. Israeli soldiers "will not allocate aid. They will secure the perimeter."

Humanitarian groups and experts refuse to endorse Israel's U.S.-backed proposal

In line with the proposal, Saar has called on countries and aid groups to cooperate. However, major aid groups, including the UN and its partners, have refused to participate, calling the proposal a violation of humanitarian principles. "It contravenes fundamental humanitarian principles and appears designed to reinforce control over life-sustaining items as a pressure tactic – as part of a military strategy," the United Nations and its aid partners in Gaza said in a joint statement. "We will not participate in any scheme that does not adhere to the global humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, independence and neutrality." UN officials also disputed the Israeli claims that Hamas exploits aid deliveries by confiscating supplies, profiting from black market sales and using aid distribution to reinforce its control over Gaza. Instead, UN officials claimed there is no evidence of large-scale aid diversion in the region. "The aid we coordinate goes to the people for whom it's intended," said Olga Cherevko of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. "We have mechanisms in place that help mitigate this, including monitoring during and after distribution, hotlines to report incidents and our accountability to donors." Moreover, humanitarian experts argued that the initiative aligns with Israel's military strategy of pushing Palestinians from northern to southern Gaza, with long-term goals of displacing them out of the territory entirely. Experts warn of ethical risks, drawing parallels to the Iraq War, where private security groups operated under military oversight, complicating impartial aid delivery. "The idea of getting aid is very important, but how aid is delivered is equally important. And there are massive red flags all over the place for this plan," said Paul Spiegel, director of the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins University. Visit Starvation.news for more stories related to Israel's "hunger campaign" in Gaza. Watch the video below that talks about Israel's plan to fully conquer Gaza.

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Humanitarian groups and experts refuse to endorse Israel's U.S.-backed proposal

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