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IDF rejected claims of violence against civilians at Gaza aid distribution site made by a US veteran and ex-GHF worker in a BBC interview.<\/p>\n
The IDF denied the claim of former US Green Beret, Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, who stated that he witnessed the military firing at civilians at aid distribution sites<\/a> in Gaza during an interview with the BBC on Saturday.<\/p>\n The IDF has also denied similar claims over the past few months, saying that it does not fire indiscriminately at civilians, nor does it operate within the distribution sites.<\/p>\n Over the past few months, dozens of allegations of the deliberate shooting of civilians by the IDF have been raised by international media.<\/p>\n \u201cI witnessed the IDF firing into a crowd of Palestinians,\u201d Aguilar said. \u201cI witnessed the IDF firing a main gun tank round from the Merkava tank into a crowd of people, destroying a car of civilians that were simply driving away from the site.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked for his professional opinion on the situation, he said: \u201cIn my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against an unarmed, starving civilian population \u2013 until I was in Gaza at the hands of the IDF and US contractors.\u201d<\/p>\n