As more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed seeking aid at militarized aid distribution sites run by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a former GHF security contractor tells Democracy Now! he saw U.S. mercenaries and Israeli forces commit war crimes by indiscriminately shooting at starving Palestinians waiting for aid. “What I witnessed in Gaza, I can only describe as a dystopian, post-apocalyptic wasteland,” says Anthony Aguilar, a retired U.S. soldier who worked as a subcontractor with UG Solutions in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid delivery operation. “We, the United States, are complicit. We are involved, hand in hand, in the atrocities and the genocide that is currently undergoing in Gaza.”

AMY GOODMAN: “The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.” That’s the dire warning issued today by the world’s leading hunger monitor. This comes as the official death toll in Gaza has topped 60,000, but that’s widely viewed to be a vast undercount. At least 147 Palestinians, including 88 children, have starved to death. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied there’s any starvation in Gaza, but on Monday President Trump contradicted Netanyahu’s claim.

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Amy Goodman interviews Anthony Aguilar, recorded July 29, 2025

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