{"id":22672,"date":"2025-08-02T07:29:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T07:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=22672"},"modified":"2025-08-02T07:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T07:29:56","slug":"bbc-aired-israel-war-crime-claims-made-by-sacked-aid-worker-with-a-grudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=22672","title":{"rendered":"BBC aired Israel war crime claims made by \u2018sacked aid worker with a grudge\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Anthony Aguilar, who worked with a partner of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, was let go for poor performance and \u2018erratic behaviour\u2019Craig Simpson<\/a>Arts Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anthony Aguilar alleged that the IDF was committing \u2018war crimes\u2019 at aid distribution centres Credit: CHP\/BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The BBC aired Israel \u201cwar crime\u201d claims made by a sacked worker with a grudge, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthony Aguilar worked with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation<\/a> (GHF), a scheme set up by Israel and the US in February to distribute aid in place of the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military veteran Mr Aguilar was hosted on the News at 10 by Jeremy Bowen on July 26, when he made claims that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was committing \u201cwar crimes<\/a>\u201d at aid distribution centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also claimed the GHF\u2019s management of these sites was itself \u201ccriminal\u201d, and this caused him to resign on principle from the organisation\u2019s partner, UG Solutions. The company provides security for the GHF\u2019s operations in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Aguilar\u2019s motives for speaking out have been questioned by UG Solutions, which claims that its former employee swore to become their \u201cworst nightmare\u201d after getting sacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Palestinians collecting boxes of humanitarian aid from a distribution centre in the Netzarim Corridor, central Gaza Strip Credit: Ahmad Salem\/Bloomberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

David Panzer, counsel for UG Solutions, said that Mr Aguilar had not in fact resigned, but rather his contract had been terminated for \u201cpoor performance, volatile conflicts with staff, and erratic behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following this, it is claimed that Mr Aguilar sent several messages to the UG Solutions asking for a new role. In one message, according to the GHF, he wrote: \u201cYour best friend or your worst nightmare. Stop effing around. Put me back to work and let\u2019s get this mission done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is then alleged to have messaged: \u201cFigure something out or I\u2019m on a plane come Tuesday and the gloves are off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was allegedly sent on June 21, and in July an interview was aired with the former Green Beret, who spoke from Washington on the News at 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this interview, he told the BBC that he had seen IDF soldiers open fire on Palestinian civilians<\/a> with tank and mortar rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that the aid sites operated by the GHF were run in an \u201camateur\u201d and \u201ccriminal\u201d way, adding that he had never seen equivalent \u201cbrutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Panzer said that Mr Aguilar\u2019s claims were unreliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contractor for just 27 days<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The company has also that claimed a memo raising concern about potential war crimes sent by Mr Aguilar to the press was \u201cfalsified\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UG Solutions said that rather than the memo being dated from May, as Mr Aguilar claimed, it was actually drawn up in June after he had been sacked, and then had its date \u201cfalsified\u201d to make it appear as though it was from a period when he was still working for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr Panzer said: \u201cMr Aguilar only worked for UG Solutions as a contractor for a total of 27 days. More than half of that time he spent in a hotel in Israel instead of on the ground at the distribution sites. Mr Aguilar\u2019s claims to the BBC and others that he was an eyewitness to IDF actions are false.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A BBC spokesman said: \u201cThe report contained video footage taken from inside the GHF compound which supported the interviewee\u2019s claims. We also reflected the GHF\u2019s statement that he was a disgruntled employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe best way for these claims and counter claims to be verified would be for independent journalists to be given full access to Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2025\/08\/01\/bbc-aired-israel-war-crime-claims-sacked-aid-worker-grudge\/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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