内容摘要：As the first heat wave of the season ripples across the U.S., summer camps are working to keep their children cool while still letting them enjoy being outside with nature. It’s something camps say they’ve been aware of for several years as climate change means rising heat. (AP video/Joshua A. Bickel)

As the first heat wave of the season ripples across the U.S., summer camps are working to keep their children cool while still letting them enjoy being outside with nature. It’s something camps say they’ve been aware of for several years as climate change means rising heat. (AP video/Joshua A. Bickel)

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in southern Gaza, as seen from a humanitarian aid distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, approved by Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in southern Gaza, as seen from a humanitarian aid distribution center operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, approved by Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A staff member working on the ground for GHF told The Associated Press on Friday that the system is evolving. The staffer, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said that given people’s desperation and hunger, the focus is on safely distributing as many supplies as possible, and once the situation stabilizes, more emphasis will be placed on managing who receives it.GHF said it had distributed food boxes capable of producing more than 2 million meals this week. The boxes contain basics like sugar, lentils, pasta and rice.“This is just the beginning,” said John Acree, interim executive director of GHF. “Our commitment to safely and effectively supplying food directly to a large, hungry population is unwavering.”

The U.N. and other aid groups have refused to participate in the GHF system saying it violates humanitarian principles. They say it puts aid under Israel’s control to use to carry out its announced plans to move Gaza’s entire population to the south.They also say it cannot meet the massive needs of the population and endangers those seeking food.

There have been unruly crowds around Gaza’s communal kitchens, but scenes like those at GHF hubs have been rare at U.N. distribution sites. The U.N. and other aid groups have run hundreds of distribution points around Gaza and often use a coupon system to organize when families pick up aid — to ensure it is handed out equitably and to avoid large crowds at a single location.

A few times, hungry crowds have broken into aid warehouses, when the flow of aid has plunged particularly low, usually because of Israeli military restrictions, U.N. workers say. U.N. aid trucks have also come under attack by what the U.N. says are armed criminal gangs, or crowds of desperate people have swarmed trucks taking supplies. The U.N. says such attacks virtually stop when the aid flow is well.A truck loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip makes its way to the Kerem Shalom crossing as border police officers prevent activists from blocking the road in southern Israel, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A truck loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip makes its way to the Kerem Shalom crossing as border police officers prevent activists from blocking the road in southern Israel, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)A U.N. official later said more than a dozen trucks that left the crossing area arrived at warehouses in central Gaza on Wednesday night. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.

Israel said 100 trucks had crossed into Gaza on Wednesday.Food security experts have warned that Gaza risks