A retired US soldier who worked for the notorious Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has told the BBC that he had “without question … witnessed war crimes” in the killing of civilians seeking food aid in the besieged strip.
Anthony Aguilar told the BBC on Friday that he saw Israeli soldiers and US contractors use live ammunition, artillery, mortar rounds, and tank fire on civilians at food distribution sites.
“In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population until I was in Gaza at the hands of the [Israeli army] and US contractors,” he was quoted by the BBC as saying.
Former US special forces veteran, Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, says he routinely witnessed Israeli forces and American colleagues deliberately targeting and killing unarmed Palestinian civilians at GHF anti-humanitarian (death traps) “aid” sites in Gaza.
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Several media outlets had previously reported similar atrocities by occupation forces, quoting Palestinian witnesses who were among those seeking food aid from the GHF.
Medical sources at the besieged enclave reported that Israeli attacks have killed at least 34 Palestinians since dawn on Saturday, including aid seekers.
Earlier last week, the UN announced that Israeli occupation forces killed over 1,000 of aid seekers since late-May.
Source: BBC and News Websites
