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| Ex-US contractor who accused IDF of war crimes at aid sites ‘falsified documents’ to spread ‘false narrative,’ GHF says, sharing evidence |
| 2025-07-30 |
| [IsraelTimes] The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation accuses an American former contractor who alleged that he had seen fellow contractors and Israeli soldiers use “indiscriminate” force against civilians at aid sites of deliberately spreading a “false narrative” after he was fired for performance reasons. The contractor, former US special forces soldier Anthony Aguilar, alleged in an interview on Friday that he had witnessed “war crimes” being committed by IDF troops near GHF aid distribution sites, which have been plagued with near-daily reports of mass casualty incidents. “In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population,” he had told the BBC. In the aftermath of the interview, GHF holds a press briefing to present evidence that Aguilar “falsified documents” and “presented misleading videos to push his false narrative.” In the briefing, GHF spokesperson Chapin Fay shares the content of text messages that show that Aguilar was “terminated for misconduct,” and did not, as he claimed, resign from GHF’s security partner UG Solutions by choice. After he pleaded to be rehired and was turned away, he “threatened UG Solutions with retribution,” Fay says, citing a message sent by Aguilar on June 15 in which he warned that he could be the company’s “best friend or worst nightmare.” After the pleas failed to yield results, Aguilar turned to the press, Fay says. The GHF spokesperson also accuses Aguilar of falsifying a memo sent to his superiors in which he raised concerns about UG Solutions’ policies in Gaza. While Aguilar claimed to have sent the memo on May 28, Fay shares metadata showing that he only sent it on June 21, after he was fired, and then backdated it to the previous month. The metadata also shows that he sent the memo to UG Solutions’ senior staff and to the press at the same time. “Notably, on May 29, one day after Mr. Aguilar claims to have sent this memo to UG leadership, he sent a flurry of messages to the team, praising them for their work,” Fay says, sharing screenshots of these messages. “It’s a privilege and an honor to see America’s best doing America’s most important work in places most Americans will only ever see on TV or read about,” one such message reads. “Your efforts have brought families back together and have severely weakened the image of Hamas,” reads another. Fay wraps up the briefing by noting that Aguilar worked for UG Solutions for just 27 days, “and more than half of that time he spent in a hotel in Israel instead of on the ground at distribution sites.” “Not only did the events that he recounted never happen, but he wasn’t even in the right place or at the right time to have seen the things that he claims to have seen,” he says. Along with the evidence presented in the briefing, GHF publishes a signed affidavit from UG Solutions staff members who worked with Aguilar and who contradict his claims. Related from Democracy Now, with video of interview: “Designed as Death Traps”: Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes Related: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: 2025-07-29 Dozens of countries attend UN confab on two-states boycotted by US and Israel Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: 2025-07-28 Gaza: Two IDF soldiers killed when armored vehicle hit by explosive in Khan Younis Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: 2025-07-28 Dropping unnecessary food to shut up the critics: UAE and Jordan airdropped 28 packages of aid in Gaza, says IDF |
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