On our radarIsrael’s deadly Gaza aid debacleFollowing weeks of warnings from the UN and international NGOs that the new US- and Israeli-backed aid mechanism in Gaza violates virtually every principle of safe, dignified, and impartial humanitarian action, the first distribution hubs run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operating on 27 May. The UN’s emergency aid coordination body, OCHA, said Gaza is “the hungriest place on Earth”. For a view from Gaza on all of this, read: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a grotesque theatre of cruelty. The growing insecurity has worsened Haiti’s pre-existing humanitarian crisis, leaving around six million people – half the population – requiring assistance. Sounds like a good time to shrink the risk of costly disasters from flaring in the first place, right?