MSNBC issued a correction Tuesday after the network aired a false claim that a young Gaza boy had been killed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during a humanitarian aid distribution.

MSNBC amplified claims from former Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) contractor Anthony Aguilar, a 25-year U.S. Army veteran and retired Green Beret lieutenant colonel, who said on air that he saw a boy he called "Amir" gunned down by IDF forces outside a GHF distribution site on May 28. The child has since been found alive, and GHF sent a letter to MSNBC urging an update.

"All In" host Chris Hayes told viewers he had "good news" to share but did not mention Aguilar’s earlier MSNBC interview.

"An update on a different story we covered here, this one from the end of July. You may recall in our coverage of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the role played by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. We played a sound bite of that Senator, Chris Van Hollen, speaking with an eyewitness, a U.S. veteran who was working for GHF as a contractor at an aid site in Gaza," Hayes said.

"In that conversation, Anthony Aguilar relayed a story of one specific young boy who, just after he was able to collect life-saving food, Aguilar said was struck down and killed by gunfire from the IDF," Hayes continued. "We noted at the time that the Gaza Humanitarian Fund [sic] denied Aguilar’s allegations. But now we can report the little boy he spoke of was, in fact, not killed."

Hayes told MSNBC viewers that the GHF...

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