Israel shoots dead little Amir who walked 12 km for food

A small boy named Amir had walked 12 kilometers barefoot in torn clothes, hoping for food, to a distribution point run by the Global Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Gaza. Moments after receiving a few relief items, Israeli forces opened fire Amir was killed in the barrage.

The incident was recounted by Anthony Aguilar, a former U.S. military member and ex-contracted worker for GHF, on the “Unexpected” podcast alongside Israeli human rights activists and journalists. Aguilar described how Amir had reached out, thanked him, and even kissed his hand before the attack erupted along the Morag corridor, where people gathered for aid were suddenly subjected to pepper spray, tear gas, stun grenades, and gunfire. Aguilar said he heard the roar of machine guns as civilians women, children, men fell wounded or dead around him.

The shooting drew sharp international condemnation. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders posted a video denouncing the incident, saying, “This cruelty is being carried out with our taxpayers’ money.” France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot branded GHF’s distribution method “shameful” and urged its immediate suspension.

According to Gaza’s health ministry, since the conflict began on October 7, 2023, at least 60,249 Palestinians have been killed. More than 1,000 people have died while attempting to collect aid at GHF-run distribution points; at least 15 were reportedly killed just in the early hours of Thursday (July 31).

The United Nations has warned that aid flows into Gaza remain severely insufficient. Warnings of impending famine have escalated as 154 people 89 of them children have already died of hunger-related causes. Under mounting international pressure, Israel has allowed other agencies besides GHF to resume aid distribution, but the humanitarian crisis persists at a critical level.

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