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Bodycam and Family Testimony Undercut Viral Gaza Aid-Site Shooting Claim

Footage showing the boy alive after May 28 raises questions about the accuracy of the widely shared claim.

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Overview

  • Videos released Aug. 11 feature Siham Al-Jarabe’a saying her stepson, identified as Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hamdan Al-Jarabe’a, was alive two months after the alleged shooting and went missing on July 28.
  • The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation rejected that any shooting took place at its aid distribution site on May 28 and said Tony Aguilar could not have witnessed such an event.
  • A security officer’s bodycam footage from that day does not match Aguilar’s description, and the officer called his claims completely fabricated.
  • Aguilar maintained that key moments were not captured on video and insisted his original eyewitness account was accurate.
  • Despite these contradictions, the narrative continues to spread online, illustrating the persistence of unverified claims in conflict reporting.