A retired US Army officer who exposed Israeli atrocities at aid distribution sites in Gaza was forcibly removed from a Senate hearing after interrupting proceedings to accuse lawmakers of complicity in genocide.
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former Green Beret, and Captain Josephine Guilbeau, a former US intelligence officer, stood up during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, declaring their constitutional duty to speak out against Israel’s war on Gaza.
Capitol Police escorted both from the room.
Aguilar — who became a whistleblower against so called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a controversial US-backed contractor running aid sites under Israeli military oversight — has since become a prominent advocate for Palestinian rights.
He has appeared in media recounting abuses he says he witnessed first-hand, including the killing of a starving boy named Amir.
"After my service in Gaza, I became an activist defending Palestinian rights. I speak out so the world knows what is happening," Aguilar has said, recalling Amir’s story.
'Designed death traps'
Aguilar worked with GHF subcontractor UG Solutions until May 2024, when he publicly described aid distribution sites in Gaza as "designed death traps."
He alleged Israeli forces directed contractors to lure desperate civilians to collection points with food before unleashing live fire, tear gas, and mortar rounds on the crowds as they left.
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