An American former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Basis (GHF) mentioned in an interview that aired Friday that in his time working in Gaza, he noticed Israeli troopers and US contractors use “indiscriminate” power in opposition to civilians at support websites, in what he described as “struggle crimes.”
The GHF questioned Aguilar’s motives, saying he had just lately been fired for “inappropriate habits” and accusing him of constructing “false claims with no foundation in actuality.”
The interview got here as worldwide strain and criticism mounted surrounding the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, as experiences of Palestinians struggling and dying from starvation and from gunfire close to GHF support websites proceed to develop day by day.
In an interview with the BBC, former US particular forces soldier and GHF support employee Anthony Aguilar described the US- and Israel-backed support mechanism as “beginner,” saying GHF conduct was “inexperienced, untrained,” and had “no thought tips on how to conduct operations of this magnitude.”
“That might be my most benign evaluation,” he mentioned.
“My most frank evaluation — I’d say that they’re legal,” he continued.
“In my total profession, I’ve by no means witnessed the extent of brutality and use of indiscriminate and pointless power in opposition to a civilian inhabitants, an unarmed, ravenous inhabitants,” he mentioned.
“I’ve by no means witnessed that in all of the locations that I’ve been deployed to struggle, till I used to be in Gaza — by the hands of IDF and US contractors,” he mentioned.
Displaced Palestinians on the Nuseirat refugee camp haul meals parcels and different objects they managed to get from a GHF support distribution level on the Netzarim hall, within the central Gaza Strip, on July 26, 2025. (Eyad Baba/ AFP)
“With out query, I witnessed struggle crimes,” Aguilar claimed, saying they had been dedicated “by the Israeli Protection Forces, for sure, utilizing artillery rounds, mortar rounds, firing tank rounds into unarmed civilians.”
“That’s a struggle crime,” he mentioned.
GHF rejects ‘false claims’
After the interview aired, the GHF launched an announcement saying Aguilar made “false claims with no foundation in actuality.”
“Upon listening to Mr. Aguilar’s claims, we instantly launched an investigation,” the GHF mentioned. “The findings, primarily based on cross-checking the timelines with video clips and on sources on the bottom, point out that these are false claims with no foundation in actuality.
“It needs to be emphasised that Mr. Aguilar was employed as a subcontractor and was fired over a month in the past for inappropriate habits,” the help basis added. “Following the dismissal, we obtained threats that except he was reinstated, motion could be taken in opposition to us, elevating questions relating to the motivation behind his interviews.
“We even have proof that he doubtless solid paperwork and introduced deceptive movies to advertise his false narrative,” GHF added, with out elaborating on the ostensible proof.
Palestinians stroll alongside a street towards an space within the northern Gaza Strip the place vans are coming into with humanitarian support, in Gaza Metropolis, Friday, July 25, 2025. (AP Picture/Abdel Kareem Hana)
“The problem of the security of these visiting the help distribution facilities, in addition to the Basis’s workers, is a high precedence, and we function to excessive requirements and won’t permit them to be violated,” GHF mentioned. “We proceed to give attention to our core mission: to offer meals to the residents of Gaza — safely, straight and with out interruption, as we now have been doing for the reason that starting of operations on Could 27. Since then, we now have distributed greater than 92 million rations to the Palestinian residents of Gaza.”
The GHF’s operations have been underneath intense scrutiny for the 2 months since its opening in late Could, with day by day experiences of Palestinians killed whereas searching for support at GHF websites, together with several on Saturday.
Israel, which accuses Hamas of hoarding support, has accused the fear group of attacking Gazan support seekers close to GHF websites and falsifying loss of life tolls.
The IDF says that its troopers solely fireplace “warning pictures” to manage the crowds, although it has admitted that its fireplace has killed “a number of” Palestinians at support websites.
The GHF persistently denies that there have been lethal shootings at its websites, and says that Hamas agitators have attacked and threatened its employees and have tried to trigger unrest on the support websites.
The Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry says greater than 1,000 folks have been killed close to the GHF websites since Could, including to the 58,000 complete folks the group says have been killed in Gaza for the reason that struggle started, although the toll can’t be verified and doesn’t differentiate between civilians and fighters.
