The IDF denied the claim of former US Green Beret, Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, who stated that he witnessed the military firing at civilians at aid distribution sites in Gaza during an interview with the BBC on Saturday.
The IDF has also denied similar claims over the past few months, saying that it does not fire indiscriminately at civilians, nor does it operate within the distribution sites.
Over the past few months, dozens of allegations of the deliberate shooting of civilians by the IDF have been raised by international media.
“I witnessed the IDF firing into a crowd of Palestinians,” Aguilar said. “I witnessed the IDF firing a main gun tank round from the Merkava tank into a crowd of people, destroying a car of civilians that were simply driving away from the site.”
When asked for his professional opinion on the situation, he said: “In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against an unarmed, starving civilian population – until I was in Gaza at the hands of the IDF and US contractors.”
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has called the allegations made by Aguilar “categorially false” and said he was a “disgruntled former contractor who was terminated for misconduct,” which he has denied, according to the BBC’s report.
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