Daijiworld Media Network – Gaza
Gaza, Jun 7: Former CIA officer Phil Reilly, now heading the private military company guarding Israel’s controversial food aid sites in Gaza, is under scrutiny for his previous role as a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) — the latest firm to withdraw from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) project.
Reilly’s advisory stint at BCG, which ended only in December 2024, has raised concerns about the consultancy’s potential involvement in developing the security arm of GHF operations. BCG admitted last week that two of its partners had been fired for undertaking “unauthorised work” related to the foundation and failing to disclose details during the firm’s client approval process.
GHF, since beginning its operations in Gaza 10 days ago, has seen at least 110 Palestinians killed and 583 injured while attempting to access aid, according to local officials — triggering global criticism and questions about the aid model’s execution and intent.
BCG, while expressing regret and launching an internal probe, has not clarified whether it had any hand in shaping the controversial security structure now in place at the distribution sites.
Reilly, a 29-year CIA veteran, reportedly began Gaza-related aid discussions in early 2024 while still attached to BCG. He also worked on a study for US consultancy Orbis, which suggested outsourcing aid to private players. Just a month after leaving BCG, Safe Reach Solutions (SRS) — the private military firm he leads — was registered in Wyoming. It is now understood to be the primary entity securing the Gaza aid zones.
Registered under the shadowy wealth management group Two Oceans Trust LLC, SRS’s financial backers remain largely undisclosed. McNally Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, is reported to have an "economic interest" in SRS, though the extent is unknown.
Meanwhile, GHF itself is registered in Delaware with little transparency on its funders or structure. Its founding executive director Jake Wood resigned just before aid operations began, citing the inability to uphold humanitarian principles. He has been replaced by Trump-aligned evangelical leader Johnnie Moore, who denies that Palestinians were killed near GHF aid sites.
International agencies and the UN have repeatedly warned that these parallel aid mechanisms undermine humanitarian standards and may facilitate forced displacement of Gaza’s population.