After weeks of hiding with his mother, an eight-year-old kid from Gaza who was long thought to have been killed by Israeli soldiers during a May relief distribution has been found alive and unharmed……CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Last month, the boy—who goes by the moniker Abboud but is actually Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden—and his mother, Najlaa, showed up at a distribution location run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Conflicting accounts of his death prompted an internal GHF probe, which led to the finding.
Later, Abboud and his mother were taken to an undisclosed location from the Gaza Strip. The child seemed nearly ecstatic about his new environment in an interview conducted through a translator. “It’s nice outside the Gaza Strip,” he remarked. After Anthony Aguilar, a veteran US Green Beret who temporarily worked as a GHF contractor, told media outlets that he had witnessed the youngster, whom he called “Amir,” being shot dead by the IDF outside an aid centre in late May, his story garnered a lot of attention earlier this summer. Aguilar recounted emotional moments before to the alleged shooting, mentioning how the youngster had expressed thanks by kissing his hand after being given food supplies. He continued by saying that he discovered the youngster among the corpses after hearing gunfire a few minutes later.
Over time, however, Aguilar’s accounts changed. In interviews with MSNBC, Dialogue Works, and others, he provided varying accounts of the shooting’s purported location, naming three distinct aid stations. In June, GHF finally broke off its relationship with him and began its own investigation. To find the youngster and his family, that probe used biometric checks, facial recognition, and local contacts. When Abboud reappeared in late August, footage later acquired by Fox News showed him playing with relief workers.
Johnnie Moore, executive chair of GHF, described the result as both spectacular and delicate. He praised the veterans and staff who found the youngster and stated, “We are overjoyed and deeply relieved that Abboud is safe, and that this story ends in hope.” Moore cautioned that “facts must matter more than headlines when a child’s life is at stake,” criticising the haste with which unsubstantiated assertions are being amplified.
Speaking quietly via the interpreter, Najlaa stated that her son’s “ease” is her main want at this time. She stated that she and Abboud had both suffered greatly before being evacuated from Gaza and thanked everyone who had contributed to ensuring their safety. Their present location has not been disclosed to the public for security concerns. Other family members were also taken out during the operation, according to GHF officials, some of whom had received threats from Hamas. Johnnie Moore, executive chair of GHF, described the result as both spectacular and delicate. He praised the veterans and staff who found the youngster and stated, “We are overjoyed and deeply relieved that Abboud is safe, and that this story ends in hope.”
Moore cautioned that “facts must matter more than headlines when a child’s life is at stake,” criticising the haste with which unsubstantiated assertions are being amplified. Speaking quietly via the interpreter, Najlaa stated that her son’s “ease” is her main want at this time. She stated that she and Abboud had both suffered greatly before being evacuated from Gaza and thanked everyone who had contributed to ensuring their safety. Their present location has not been disclosed to the public for security concerns. Other family members were also taken out during the operation, according to GHF officials, some of whom had received threats from Hamas…….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
