Aid groups warned on Friday that Israel's plans to control aid in Gaza, including a plan the U.S. supports, will cause more suffering and deaths. They asked Israel to stop blocking food and other supplies.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said a new American plan for giving aid would start soon, and he asked the U.N. and other groups to help. But the U.N. has said no to the new plan. They say it uses aid as a weapon, could make many Palestinians leave their homes, is not fair, and cannot give enough aid.

Every day in Gaza, a sad scene happens: thousands of Palestinians gather at kitchens in places like Khan Younis, pushing and holding out their pots to get some pasta. These kitchens are almost the only way for the 2.3 million people in Gaza to get food, but many have closed recently because food is running out under Israel's blockade. Groups that provide help say more kitchens will close soon.

Raed al-Zaharna and his children left with nothing because there was no food left. "Now I'm wondering, 'What can I give them to eat?' I can't find anything," he said.

Since March 2, Israel has stopped food, medicine, fuel, and other necessary items from entering Gaza. They say this is to make Hamas release hostages and give up weapons. Israel also ended an agreement for peace with Hamas. They started bombing Gaza again and took control of large areas. Groups that protect human rights have described stopping supplies as a way to cause hunger, which could be a serious war crime.

Israel said it will not start giving aid again until a new system for giving it out is put in place. This new system will replace the big effort run by the U.N. and other aid groups. Israel says Hamas and other fighters are taking some of the aid, but they have not shown proof. The U.N. says that not much aid is being taken and that they check how it is given out.

A spokesperson for UNICEF, James Elder, said in Geneva that help for people in need should never be used to make deals. He said there is an easy way to fix this: end the blockade, let the help come in, and save lives.

Huckabee said they would announce details of the new system, which the U.S. supports, in the next few days. He added that deliveries would start "very soon," but he didn't give a specific date.

He said it would be separate from Israel, and Israel would not be involved in giving it out. He also said that private companies would handle security, and the Israeli army would guard the outer areas from far away. He repeated Israel's claim that this was needed because Hamas was taking the aid.

"I will be the first to say it won't be perfect, especially at the beginning," Huckabee said.

A new group called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which the U.S. supports, has suggested a plan to give out aid. This plan follows what Israel wants, according to documents seen by The Associated Press.

In its plan, GHF explained it would first create four places to give out aid, protected by private security companies. Each place would help 300,000 people, covering only about half of the people in Gaza. Huckabee stated that the system would grow "as quickly as possible."

Aid workers believe Palestinians might have to go to the places where aid is given out or travel long distances to get it, causing people to be forced to leave their homes and making many areas of Gaza empty. Although the places for giving aid have not been decided, aid workers state that from the information they received, it seems none will be in northern Gaza, where many thousands of Palestinians live.

During the war, Israel has often told Palestinians to leave the north, including Gaza City. They said it was for their safety while soldiers fight Hamas.

Elder said the plan would make people stay away from their homes for political and military reasons. He said that the people most in danger, like children, older people, and those who are sick, might not be able to get to the centers.

Last month, 20 aid groups working in Gaza said the plan would make Palestinians live in conditions like a prison in small areas near the main centers.

Aid workers say Israel has told UN officials it wants to check who gets aid. This has led to worries that Israel could stop aid for some people for political or military reasons, even though the GHF plan says aid should be given based on need.

Elder also said that ordinary people would be in danger when they try to find help in areas controlled by the military.

Elder said that more children might suffer, and their lives or health could be in danger because of this plan.

Aid workers believe the new system will not give enough help.

The main UN group helping Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has been in charge of the operation. Last year, Israel stopped the group, saying that Hamas members had joined its staff. UNRWA has over 10,000 staff in Gaza. They said they quickly remove anyone thought to be connected to fighters, and that Israel has not shown them proof for what they claim.

UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma said the organization helps the most people, and it is very hard to imagine doing any aid work without UNRWA.

Ruth James, who works for Oxfam, said we need big groups to help everyone get aid. "This needs time and skill," she explained. "Any new plan that starts so fast without knowing how to help people and without local people trusting it won't be able to do this."

Huckabee asked UN organizations and aid groups to become part of the new system.

Jens Laerke, who works for the U.N.'s aid group, said on Friday that the U.N.'s worries had not been answered in many meetings with Israeli officials. He also said that claims about a lot of aid being stolen were not true.

Hundreds of aid trucks that are needed in Gaza every day are stopped, and this is causing the serious humanitarian problems.