U.S.-backed aid group says Hamas killed five of its Palestinian workers in Gaza

The U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation accused Hamas of killing at least five of its Palestinian employees on Wednesday, as almost 40 other Palestinians were killed near the foundation’s aid sites in the Gaza Strip

The U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation accused Hamas of killing at least five of its Palestinian employees on Wednesday, as almost 40 other Palestinians were killed near the foundation’s aid sites in the Gaza Strip.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), whose aid delivery has been mired in controversy and violence, said in a statement that more than two dozen of its employees were traveling by bus to a distribution center west of the southern city of Khan Younis when it was “brutally attacked by Hamas” around 10 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ET), leaving at least five people dead and multiple others injured.

The foundation said there was also “fear that some of our team members may have been taken hostage.”

“Despite this heinous attack, we will continue our mission to provide critical aid to the people of Gaza,” it said.

Hamas has not responded to the allegations and NBC News was unable to independently verify them.