Gazan boy found alive after false killing claim
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) confirmed that an 8-year-old boy long reported killed after leaving a GHF distribution site in late May has been found alive with his mother and safely extracted from Gaza. The revelation follows public interviews by a former GHF contractor, Anthony Aguilar — an ex-U.S. Army Green Beret — who had claimed Israeli forces killed the child; GHF launched an internal operation and identified the boy (Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, aka Abboud) at SDS 3 on Aug. 23, 2025. The episode spotlights disinformation around the Gaza conflict and involves a U.S.-funded subcontractor, UG Solutions, which received roughly $30 million in U.S. government support.
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Gazan boy alive after ex-GHF 'whistleblower' falsely claimed IDF killed him
New information:
- Child identified as Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden (Abboud), age 8; appeared with his mother at GHF SDS 3 on Aug. 23, 2025.
- A former GHF contractor, Anthony Aguilar (ex-U.S. Army Green Beret), publicly claimed the boy was killed after leaving a GHF aid site on May 28, 2025; GHF footage and investigation contradict his account.
- UG Solutions — a subcontractor to GHF that received about $30 million in U.S. government funding — is named in the reporting, raising oversight and funding questions.