US-Backed Gaza Aid Group Releases Evidence Suggesting Former Contractor Who Accused It of ‘War Crimes’ Fabricated Documents as Revenge for Firing
31st July 2025
The former Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) employee who now claims he witnessed American-backed “war crimes” privately threatened to become the aid organization’s “worst enemy” after being fired “due to poor performance, volatile conflicts with staff, and erratic behavior,” according to text messages and other GHF employees who testified under oath.
Anthony Aguilar, a retired U.S. special forces officer who worked as a contractor with GHF, ignited a media firestorm this week when he claimed to have resigned after witnessing “the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians” and committing other alleged “war crimes.” News outlets like the BBC and CBS News ran with Aguilar’s account, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D., Md.) interviewed the fired former contractor in a YouTube video. The stridently anti-Israel Maryland Democrat led a group of 19 senators from his party who demanded that the Trump administration pull more than $30 million in funding for GHF.
Since his June 13 termination from UG Solutions, the security firm working with GHF, Aguilar has allegedly fabricated documents supporting his case and repeatedly begged the aid organization to rehire him. GHF presented multiple text messages Aguilar sent members of the organization that directly contradict his story.
In one June 22 text message Aguilar sent to GHF leaders, he instructed them to “stop f—ing around, put me back to work, and let’s get this mission done.”
“If you want to play games, we can play games,” Aguilar threatened. “I can be your best friend, or your worst nightmare.”