Starving child in Gaza was killed 'seconds' after receiving aid, former US military contractor says
A former US Army Special Forces officer, who resigned from his role at the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) last month, has said that an emaciated child was shot dead by Israeli forces moments after receiving aid.
Anthony Aguilar told the UnXeptable podcast on Monday that 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.
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