A whistleblower working with the controversial US non-profit Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has accused Israeli forces of directly overseeing militarised aid operations in Gaza and of ordering deadly force against starving civilians, including children.

Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a retired US Army Green Beret, who worked for the GHF subcontractor UG Solutions, described an incident on May 28 at a distribution site where he says he witnessed a young boy named Amir being shot and killed by Israeli forces shortly after receiving food aid.

"This little boy is similar in age to my son," Aguilar said in an emotional interview with American commentator and host Tucker Carlson on Thursday.

"He wasn't ISIS. He wasn't a combatant. He was barefoot, starving, holding a small bag of rice, some lentils, a half bag of flour. That’s all he had."

The shooting occurred just beyond the aid site's perimetre, where Israeli forces were reportedly positioned.

Aguilar said bullets were fired around the crowds, into the air, and at their feet.

"We were told this was crowd control," he said.

"But when you use machine guns and mortar rounds to control a crowd, what do you think is going to happen?"

Aguilar stated on the UnXeptable podcast on Monday that Amir kissed his hands before collecting aid, only to be shot dead by Israeli forces later.

"This young boy, Amir, walked up to me, barefoot and wearing tattered clothes that hung off his emaciated body," he recalled.

"He walked 12 km to...

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