Overview

• AP obtained videos and had them analyzed by audio forensics experts who identified live ammunition, including machine-gun fire, within 50 to 60 meters of distribution crowds.
• The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and its subcontractor, Safe Reach Solutions, maintain there have been no serious injuries and say live rounds were fired only into the ground to disperse crowds.
• Two US contractors describe unvetted, heavily armed security teams using stun grenades, pepper spray and live rounds even when aid seekers posed no threat.
• Contractors report biometric cameras and facial-recognition software feeding real-time footage to American analysts and Israeli soldiers monitoring the fenced distribution zones.
• Journalists remain barred from the Israeli military–controlled sites and major UN agencies continue their boycott over concerns about neutrality and humanitarian oversight.