CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of international charities and humanitarian groups called Tuesday for disbanding a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza because of recurring chaos and violence against Palestinians seeking food at its sites.

Some of the world’s largest charities and aid groups are calling for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, GHF, to be shut down, accusing the controversial aid distribution operation backed by the United States and Israel of using measures “designed to sustain a cycle of desperation,