‘I think I hit one. Hell yeah boy!' US aid workers filmed shooting at Gazans
Video seems to have shown machine gun fire in the vicinity of civilians seeking aid, with an American voice shouting: 'I think you got one.'
Another voice adds: 'Hell, yeah, boy!'
The alleged incident took place at a site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is backed by Israel and the US but condemned by much of the rest of the international community.
A former security contractor at one of the sites told the BBC that he saw a guard with a machine gun open fire from a watchtower because a group of women, children and elderly people were moving away from the site too slowly.
"Hell yeah, boy!"
US contractors in Gaza cheer after deliberately opening fire on aid-seeking Palestinians.
Source: AP pic.twitter.com/7mG0Wxxoky
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Another contractor then opened fire, the whistleblower claimed.
He said: 'A Palestinian man dropped to the ground motionless. And then the other contractor, who was standing there, was like 'damn, I think you got one'. And then they laughed about it.'
The Associated Press reportedly spoke to two contractors for UG Solutions, who have been sub-contracted to GHF sites, and alleged that there was regular use of live ammunition, stun grenades and pepper spray on Palestinians who posed no threat.
They claimed security staff hired to protect the sites were often unqualified, unvetted and acted with impunity while being heavily armed.
The GHF said the accusations were categorically false, adding that no civilians have ever come under fire at their distribution sites.
The new model for aid delivery has been designed to prevent food and supplies falling into the hands of Hamas, thereby propping up the terror group.
Rather than delivering aid into population centres, the system requires people to walk long distances across open ground towards specially created centres.
Photos and footage has shown large numbers of people being forced into narrow corridors between berms of earth, with security contractors standing above them.
Hundreds have been killed in shootings in the wider vicinity of the aid centres as eyewitnesses have accused Israeli troops, who provide a wider ring of security, of opening fire.
Israel has denied this, but has conceded to firing warning shots in the area.
However, the new testimony has marked the first time an American staff member at the sites has been implicated.
The GHF said it was operating in the face of people with a 'vested interest' in seeing it fail and denied any misconduct or lack of experience among staff.
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