Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez.
And we're going to start once again in Gaza and the critical issue of aid,
which, as we've been reporting,
is in extremely short supply after 11 weeks of an Israeli blockade that has only eased slightly in recent days.
On Monday,
we talked about a new group backed by Israel and the US that's charged with delivering food,
medicines and other essential supplies outside the usual UN mechanisms.
It's called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and it says it began operations on Monday.
But the UN and other aid agencies say its plans for food distribution hubs,
guarded by private security contractors,
are both unworkable and contravene humanitarian principles of neutrality.
Indeed, the foundation's head resigned over the weekend for just that reason.
Well, let's talk to Neri Zilber,
journalist with the Financial Times newspaper, who joins us now live from Tel Aviv.
Neri, good to have you with us on the program.
Just briefly, first of all,
is there any evidence you've seen that this foundation has begun delivering aid?
So good afternoon.