Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.): huyu ni mwanajeshi wa Marekani alikuwa Gaza anafanya kazi na GHF kajiuzulu baada ya kuona unyamwa wanaofanyiwa Palestina wewe uwa punguani sana yaai German ambaye anapeleka silaha kwa Israel waendelee kuwaua watoto wa Gaza na raia wasiyokuwa na hatia leo hii ndiyo huu uharo wako ndiyo ushahidi? Ni mashoga pele yao ndiyo wanameza hizi propoganda.
Amna Nawaz:
Today, President Trump's top Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, made a rare visit to Gaza to assess — quote — "the facts on the ground" of the U.S.-Israeli-backed humanitarian aid initiative called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Geoff Bennett:
GHF has been delivering aid into Gaza since late May, and today said it crossed 100 million meals delivered. The U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been killed outside GHF sites, and the leading authority on global hunger warns that Gaza's population of over two million is now closer to famine than at any point in the conflict.
Tonight, we have a special report with former American contractors from UG Solutions, which works with GHF in Gaza.
Here's Nick Schifrin.
Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.)., Former UG Solutions Contractor: To my rear is Gaza City.
Nick Schifrin:
Anthony Aguilar arrived in Gaza in mid-May aware it would be difficult…
Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.):
So we had 60,000, 70,000 people.
Nick Schifrin:
… but believing it should be done.
Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.):
There's the choice to do nothing, and then there's the choice to try.
Nick Schifrin:
You are a retired Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel, Green Beret, and the Army sent me a list of your deployments, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Jordan, and the Philippines.
Why did you want to become a security contractor in Gaza?
Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.):
The mission to me seemed noble and worthy of my time and energy, and I felt that I had a unique set of skills and experience that I felt could lend to that mission to help it succeed.
Feeding starving, hungry people, I think, is a good thing to do.
Nick Schifrin:
And, in the end, what did you determine about the mission?
Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.):
Well, the purpose of the mission, I think, is still noble, feeding starving people. The execution of the mission has failed, is failing, and will not succeed because of the inherent danger of how the process has been established, and, quite frankly, an inexperienced, over-their-head lack of leadership from the top.
Nick Schifrin:
Aguilar worked for UG Solutions, which provided security at sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. He began in mid-May as a security operator, and UG Solutions says it later moved him to be an operation-centered team leader.
From the beginning, he filmed sites defined by disorganization and desperation.
Man:
All the people, America, help me, please. Give me one box food.
Nick Schifrin:
He filmed gratitude from those lucky enough to collect food and desperate anger from those who left empty-handed. And he filmed live ammunition and non-lethal munitions, including pepper spray, used for crowd control after crowds tried to collect food.
The Israel Defense Forces and GHF established four locations, each site secured by American contractors, with the IDF stationed on average a few hundred meters away. And on May 29 at site four, Aguilar film this video, which UG Solutions posted in full on its Web site.
Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.):
And I hear a burst of automatic gunfire from the UG Solutions contractor in the tower facing south, and he was shooting at the crowd as they were exiting. He was shooting over their heads at their feet in the crowd.
(Gunshots)
Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.):
Another contractor opened up with his individually assigned weapon, and he's cheering for himself as he's shooting at unarmed civilians. Another contractor who was on the level with me on the ground by the gate catcalls to him or instigates further to him.
Wewe Yahadi mweusi wa Tukuyu na Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar (Ret.): ambaye alikuwepo Gaza na kajiuzulilu kasema wazi hawezi kushiriki mauaji ya raia wasiokuwa na hatia. Kafanya mahojiano na vyombo habar vingi ikiwemo BBC ambayo ni washirika wa Israel.
Wewe mlokole stupid kabisa.