01/08/2025
STARVING CHILD IN GAZA KILLED MINUTES AFTER RECEIVING AID: Anthony Aguilar, who worked at the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), says the child kissed his hand and thanked him before he was shot dead by Israeli forces.
Anthony Aguilar, the former US Army Special Forces officer who resigned from his role at the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) last month, said he saw Israeli forces kill the young boy, named Amir, and countless others while he was manning a GHF aid distribution point in southern Gaza on 28 May.
"This young boy, Amir, walked up to me, barefoot and wearing tattered clothes that hung off his emaciated body," Aguilar said.
"He walked 12km to get there, and when he got there, he thanked us for the remnants and the small crumbs that he got.
"He set them down on the ground, because I was kneeling at this point, and he sets his food down, and he places his hands on my face, on the side of my face, on my cheeks, these frail, skeleton, emaciated hands - dirty - and he puts them on my face, and he kissed me.
"He kissed me, and he said thank you in English, thank you. And he collected his items, and he walked back to the group," he said.
"Then he was shot at with pepper spray, tear gas, stun grenades and bullets shot at his feet [and then] in the air, and he runs away scared, and the IDF [Israeli army] were shooting at the crowd.
"They're shooting into this crowd and Palestinians - civilians, human beings - are dropping to the ground, getting shot. And Amir was one of them."
Israeli troops have admitted to deliberately shooting and killing unarmed Palestinians waiting for aid in the Gaza Strip, following direct orders from their superiors.
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