Overview
- The Associated Press reported that two anonymous U.S. contractors accused their employer of firing live ammunition and deploying stun grenades at Gaza aid distribution points
- The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation called the allegations categorically false and said it had opened an immediate internal investigation
- GHF maintains that all gunfire heard in the AP’s videos originated from Israeli military units positioned beyond the aid site boundaries
- Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani stated that the Israel Defense Forces were not stationed at or near the distribution hubs where the incidents occurred
- Journalists remain barred from entering the military-controlled distribution zones, intensifying demands for an independent external inquiry into security practices