US-backed Gaza aid group says it found boy alive; former contractor said Israeli troops killed him
“Our team set out to find this little boy,” stated Johnnie Moore, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation executive director. “These lies endangered his life.”
(Sept. 4, 2025 / JNS)
A Gazan boy whom Tony Aguilar, a former contractor with UG Solutions, claimed was killed by Israeli troops has been found alive and well, according to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is funded by the U.S. government.
Aguilar stated that Israeli soldiers killed a boy, whom he identified as “Amir,” in a “wall of bullets” on May 28 at a foundation distribution site. The Daily Wire reported on Thursday that the boy—whose name is Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, and who goes by Aboud—is fine.
The publication published video footage of the boy, who is “in a safe, undisclosed location after a false tale about his death was spread by an American contractor,” it reported.
“After interviews with family members and weeks of detective work, the boy, who actually goes by the name Abood, was found living with his birth mother after he abruptly left his stepmother’s home in July,” per the Daily Wire. “The child’s identity was confirmed through biometrics, and he remained in possession of the shirt he wore in Aguilar’s viral video.”
“When this lie was brazenly, cravenly shared from the press to the halls of Congress, our team set out to find this little boy—whatever it took,” stated Rev. Johnnie Moore, executive director of the foundation. “Not to show the truth or to prove our point, but to save the kid’s life. These lies endangered his life.”
“Too many people, including in the press and civil society, were quick to spread unverified claims without asking the most basic questions,” Moore stated. “The public and policymakers should ask themselves what else they have heard and believed about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that is also a lie.”
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“Our team set out to find this little boy,” stated Johnnie Moore, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation executive director. “These lies endangered his life.”
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