The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) responded Thursday to a story by the Associated Press (AP) that claimed its security contractors used live ammunition in Gaza, endangering the lives of Palestinian civilians.
The AP story stopped short of explicitly stating that contractors had killed Palestinians — a “fake news” claim that has been promoted by Hamas and repeated by other outlets — but that was the implication in the article.
The AP reported:
American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.
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Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal operations, said they were
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