Gaza aid group says AP report of US contractors firing on aid-seeking Palestinians is 'categorically false'
Associated Press claiming U.S. contractors fired on Palestinians that were seeking aid are false. "GHF launched an immediate investigation when the Associated Press first brought these allegations to our attention," the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said in a Thursday X post. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation denied allegations in an AP report that American contractors fired on aid-seeking Palestinians, stating it will pursue legal action.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation refuted AP's report claiming U.S. contractors fired on Palestinians seeking aid, citing video evidence and witness statements in its investigation.The AP story included videos they say were given by one of the contractors that "show hundreds of Palestinians crowded between metal gates, jostling for aid amid the sound of bullets, stun grenades and the sting of pepper spray.The story says that two U.S. contractors who spoke to the AP anonymously said that their counterparts often hurled stun grenades and pepper spray toward Palestinians trying to get aid.