Boy Said to Have Been Shot By IDF While Getting Food Is Actually Alive: Gaza Aid Group Claims

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Sep 5th, 2025, 4:42 pm

A U.S.-backed Gaza aid group claims that a Palestinian boy who was allegedly shot and killed by the Israeli Defense Forces is alive and living abroad with his mother.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation posted to X on Thursday, “Major Announcement: We have incredible news to share. The young Gazan boy falsely identified as ‘Amir’ by former UG contractor Tony Aguilar is alive and safe. His real name is Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden – “ Abood ” as his family calls him – and after weeks of high-risk work by the GHF team, he and his mother are now safe.”

Aguilar is a retired U.S. special forces veteran that GHF called “a disgruntled former contract

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