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US-backed Gaza aid group launches reservation system after Trump calls for innovation in warzone deliveries

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FIRST ON FOX – Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.-backed aid group that has delivered more than two million boxes containing nearly 125 million meals to Gaza, is unveiling a pilot program enabling families to reserve aid parcels in advance.
The foundation said that as more aid flows into Gaza, families will now be about to use the program to secure their parcels in advance, «bringing more ease, dignity, and order to the collection process.» Under the current set-up at distribution sites, the GHF noted that younger, more fit men often outpace women, children, older men and people with disabilities to access aid, which is collected on a first-come, first-served basis.
«This is real progress,» GHF Executive Director John Acree said in a statement. «It both demonstrates that GHF’s model is working and reflects our commitment to adapting to the needs of those we serve and delivering on President Trump’s call for innovation to get more humanitarian aid into the hands of the people who need it most in Gaza.»
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Women engage with Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) workers. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)
The voluntary new pilot program, designed to provide «safe, predictable access to GHF’s food aid parcels,» launched on Sunday in the Saudi Neighborhood with 350 participants and is expected to scale up to full implementation in the coming weeks as the foundation works to develop additional distribution sites.
GHF said the new system, which includes women-only days and lanes and community-based distribution, has long been requested by the community and is modeled on programs used by humanitarian organizations in Gaza and around the world. GHF said the pilot is the latest example of the foundation’s ongoing efforts to «meet the very dynamic needs on the ground.»
Under the new system, a trained local worker invites beneficiaries to participate. Those who voluntarily opt into the program will have their photo taken and receive an identification card with their photo and a unique number. GHF said beneficiaries have the option to create a profile online, where they can input information such as household size.
The foundation said a box of aid will be set aside on specific days for each participant, «eliminating the need to partake in the rush.»
«It has always been our plan to offer a way for families to reserve aid in advance and guarantee access, just as other aid organizations do,» Acree said. «Until now, however, conditions on the ground have made implementation of such a program impossible. But with more aid flowing into Gaza and GHF’s deliveries helping stabilize food availability, conditions are improving. We are proud to take this step to deliver on the requests of the community and make distributions easier and more reliable for the people we serve.»

A woman carries a box as people seek aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in the central Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Stringer)
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Aid will continue to be available on a first-come, first-served basis to those who choose not to participate, according to the foundation. GHF said all data is securely stored and never shared.
GHF said the new system also enables the foundation to communicate directly with participating households about distribution times, special deliveries and urgent updates, «allowing the organization to adapt quickly to community needs.»
Since the GHF began its operations on May 27, the organization has partnered with local Palestinian aid workers and non-governmental organizations to deliver nearly 125 million meals to Gazans.
Last month, during a visit to Scotland, President Donald Trump addressed the ongoing hunger crisis in Gaza and the urgency of getting food into the enclave immediately, while doing it safely and securely.

Boxes and bags of humanitarian aid delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization approved by Israel, are seen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
«The United States recently, just a couple of weeks ago, we gave $60 million.… No other nation gave money,» Trump said at the time, as he urged other nations «to step up.»
At least $30 million in U.S. contributions to Gaza have been channeled through the U.S.- and Israeli-backed GHF.
In July, GHF spokesperson Chapin Fay told Fox News Digital that the foundation «has one exclusive mission: to feed the people of Gaza in a way that prevents Hamas from being able to steal or loot or divert the aid.»
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In addition to having «zero diversion,» Fay said GHF has «put [aid] directly into the hands of the people who need it the most.»
Fox News Digital’s Beth Bailey contributed to this report.
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GOP leaders endorse Trump’s shutdown-proof move to end DHS funding lapse

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Republican leaders are rallying around President Donald Trump’s new approach to end the 47-day Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse — a plan that could make the agency shutdown-proof for the rest of Trump’s term.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday that DHS will be funded along «two parallel tracks,» meaning that the president’s immigration and border security agenda will receive an influx of money through a party-line reconciliation bill. The rest of DHS is funded through the normal appropriations process.
«We operated under a belief that while our country is in the midst of an international armed conflict, Democrats might finally come to their senses and understand that defunding our homeland security agencies is beyond reckless and very dangerous,» Johnson and Thune wrote in a joint statement. «We cannot allow Democrats to any longer put the safety of the American public at risk through their open border policies, so we are taking that off the table.»
The GOP leaders added that a forthcoming budget reconciliation package will include three years of immigration enforcement and border security funding. That move could prevent Democrats from using the appropriations process as leverage over the president’s immigration agenda for the remainder of his term.
Congressional Republicans are eying their own fixes to Obamacare subsidies, but the Senate and House are diverging in their approaches. Ultimately, President Donald Trump will be the deciding factor. (Getty Images)
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The GOP leaders’ budget reconciliation push comes as Republican efforts to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through regular order have stalled in the Senate due to widespread opposition from Democrats.
With the Senate’s 60-vote legislative threshold in place, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., effectively has veto power over DHS appropriations if he keeps his caucus in line.
To end the stalemate, Trump asked Republicans Wednesday to draft a budget reconciliation package funding immigration enforcement and border security that could pass both chambers without any Democratic support.
«We are going to work as fast, and as focused, as possible to replenish funding for our Border and ICE Agents, and the Radical Left Democrats won’t be able to stop us,» Trump wrote on Truth Social. «We will not allow them to hurt the families of these Great Patriots by defunding them.»
The president added that he wants the legislation on his desk by June 1.
The budget reconciliation process would allow Republicans to steer around Democratic opposition and pass a DHS funding bill at a simple majority threshold. Republicans narrowly passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act using reconciliation in June 2025 after months of intraparty squabbling.
Though ICE and the Border Patrol received an unprecedented infusion of money through Trump’s «big, beautiful» bill, certain support staff employed by both agencies have not been paid during the seven-week shutdown.
The U.S. Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Secret Service have seen a more significant lapse in appropriations, though Trump took executive action to provide back pay to TSA agents reporting to work during the funding lapse.
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Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., indicated to reporters Monday that Trump would ultimately get behind the Senate’s preferred approach.
«The Democrats can’t create another shutdown like they did this time,» Hoeven said, if the DHS budget reconciliation bill were to be signed into law.
The North Dakota lawmaker also disputed that a reconciliation package would take several months to put together.
«We’ll get it done as quick as you can,» Hoeven said. «I hope it’s certainly not months.»

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Republicans are considering a budget reconciliation package making Immigration and Customs Enforcement shutdown-proof. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo)
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A second reconciliation package could prove more difficult in an election year when lawmakers will have to identify spending cuts to pay for the border security and immigration funding. The strategy could also extend the funding lapse for ICE and the Border Patrol for several more months.
Amid both chambers’ planned two-week recesses, Trump told the New York Post on Tuesday he is considering calling Congress back to Washington to find a solution to the DHS shutdown.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told CNBC’s «Squawk Box» on Wednesday that a «skinny reconciliation bill» funding the department would pass both chambers once Congress resumes session in mid-April if a deal has not been reached.
House GOP leadership has previously voiced skepticism about funding immigration enforcement through a budget reconciliation package. Some conservatives have also complained about the precedent of letting Democrats decide which agencies receive funding through the normal appropriations process.
«The problem is that what they’re doing is they’re placing the burden on the Republican Party entirely to make sure that we have border security funding and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, because they’re going to try to force it into a reconciliation bill,» House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade on Friday. «That’s a very difficult task. It is a high risk gamble for us to assume that we could do that.»
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Una universidad en pánico, un tiroteo letal y 32 muertos: el caso de la masacre de Virginia Tech

El 16 de abril de 2007 comenzó como cualquier otro día en el campus del Virginia Tech, una universidad ubicada en la ciudad estadounidense de Blacksburg. Por la mañana, los estudiantes se preparaban para irse a clase, repasaban apuntes o salían de sus residencias en camino a las aulas.
Nada hacía parecer que, en cuestión de minutos, ese espacio cotidiano se transformaría en el escenario del peor ataque armado en la historia de una universidad en Estados Unidos.
Las primeras señales de alarma llegaron temprano. A las 7:15 de la mañana, un llamado al 911 alertó sobre disparos dentro de una residencia estudiantil. Dos personas habían sido atacadas en el edificio West Ambler Johnston Hall.
En ese momento, las autoridades creyeron que se trataba de un hecho aislado, posiblemente vinculado a una situación personal, por lo que el campus no fue evacuado y las clases siguieron con normalidad.
Esa decisión, que luego sería duramente cuestionada, marcó el inicio de una tragedia que terminaría dejando 32 víctimas fatales, además del propio atacante.
La masacre
El autor de los disparos fue identificado como Seung-Hui Cho, un estudiante de 23 años que seguía la carrera de literatura inglesa. Había nacido en Corea del Sur, pero vivía desde hacía años en Estados Unidos y vivía dentro del campus universitario.
El primer ataque ocurrió en la residencia estudiantil. Allí fueron asesinados Emily Hilscher, una joven de 19 años, y Ryan Clark, de 22, quien intentó intervenir al escuchar los disparos. Tras ese episodio, el agresor se retiró del lugar sin ser detenido. Así trasladaron a una de las víctimas de la masacre de Virginia Tech. (Foto: AP)
Durante las siguientes dos horas, Cho permaneció en un punto aún no completamente esclarecido por los investigadores. En ese lapso, regresó a su habitación, se cambió de ropa, cargó armas y dejó una nota. Además hizo algo que luego resultaría clave para la investigación: envió un paquete a la cadena NBC News en Nueva York, que contenía un manifesto, fotos y videos en los que expresaba su odio hacia la sociedad.
Cerca de las 9:30 de la mañana, el atacante ingresó al edificio Norris Hall, donde se cursaban carreras de ingeniería. Allí ejecutó la fase más letal del ataque. Antes de comenzar a disparar, encadenó las puertas desde el interior para impedir la huida de estudiantes y profesores.
Armado con una pistola Glock 19 y una Walther P22, recorrió aulas y pasillos disparando de manera sistemática. En apenas nueve minutos, mató a 32 personas y dejó decenas de heridos. En total, 61 personas fueron alcanzadas por disparos durante toda la jornada.
La policía redujo a varios estudiantes en busca del tirador. (Foto: AP)
Algunos estudiantes lograron sobrevivir escondiéndose o improvisando “barricadas” para protegerse. Otros, en un intento desesperado por escapar, se tiraron por las ventanas. También hubo actos de heroísmo: el profesor Liviu Librescu, sobreviviente del Holocausto, bloqueó la puerta de su aula con su propio cuerpo para impedir que las balas impactaran contra sus alumnos.
Cuando la policía logró ingresar al edificio, tras romper las cadenas de las puertas, el silencio ya se había instalado. A las 9:51, los disparos cesaron: Cho se había suicidado de un tiro en la cabeza.
La investigación
La magnitud del ataque obligó a desplegar un operativo sin precedentes. En un primer momento, incluso se consideró la posibilidad de que hubiera más de un tirador, debido a la distancia y el tiempo entre los dos ataques. Sin embargo, rápidamente se confirmó que todo había sido obra de una sola persona.
Los investigadores determinaron que Cho había planificado el ataque con antelación. Había comprado las armas semanas antes y acumulado municiones. Según el FBI, no se trató de un acto impulsivo, sino de un plan cuidadosamente pensado.
El contenido enviado a la NBC resultó clave para comprender su estado mental. En los videos, Cho se mostraba frente a cámara, armado y pronunciaba mensajes cargados de resentimiento. Se presentaba como una víctima de la sociedad y justificaba su accionar como una forma de respuesta a supuestas injusticias. Una de las imágenes que envió el tirador, Seung-Hui Cho, a la cadena NBC News. (Foto: NBC News)
También salieron a la luz antecedentes preocupantes. Compañeros y docentes habían advertido sobre su comportamiento aislado, su dificultad para relacionarse y su escritura, considerada violenta y perturbadora. Incluso había sido derivado a instancias de evaluación psicológica tiempo antes del ataque.
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Un antes y un después
Tras la masacre, los estudiantes del Virginia Tech quedaron paralizados. Las clases fueron suspendidas durante el resto de la semana y el edificio Norris Hall permaneció cerrado por el resto del semestre. Se organizaron vigilias, homenajes y espacios de contención para estudiantes y docentes.
El entonces presidente de Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, participó de actos conmemorativos y expresó el duelo nacional. La Cruz Roja y equipos de salud mental se instalaron en la zona para asistir a los sobrevivientes.

El expresidente George W. Bush en el santuario de las víctimas que murieron en la masacre de Virginia Tech. (Foto: Archivo de la Casa Blanca)
Sin embargo, junto con el dolor, muchos estudiantes cuestionaron por qué no se evacuó el campus tras el primer tiroteo. Las autoridades universitarias admitieron que inicialmente interpretaron ese episodio como un hecho aislado, lo que retrasó la respuesta ante la segunda fase del ataque.
En 2008, el estado de Virginia alcanzó un acuerdo con los familiares de las víctimas, que incluyó indemnizaciones millonarias.
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