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Gazan boy alive after ex-GHF ‘whistleblower’ falsely claimed IDF killed him
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A young Gazan boy dubbed «Amir» who traveled to a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution site and was reported as having been killed by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in May, has been found alive hiding out with his mother.
Both were safely extracted from the Gaza Strip earlier this month, though the location has not been disclosed for their security.
The boy, whose full name was later discovered to be Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, nicknamed Abboud, and who is 8 years old but will turn 9 in October, appeared with his mother, Najlaa, at GHF Secure Distribution Site (SDS) 3 late last month in a heavy disguise to avoid detection, a GHF representative involved in the operation confirmed to Fox News Digital.
An extensive internal operation by the GHF was launched to uncover the identity of the boy in late July after a former GHF employee, Anthony Aguilar, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Army and retired Green Beret Lt. Col. turned alleged «whistleblower,» gave a series of explosive interviews in which he said a 10-year-old boy he called Amir, was killed by IDF forces after leaving a GHF aid site on May 28.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO REVEALS GAZA BOY, SAID TO BE KILLED BY IDF, IS ALIVE
Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, 8 years old, has been discovered with his mother in the Gaza Strip following a GHF investigation that concluded when they appeared as Secure Distribution Site (SDS) 3 in the Gaza Strip on Aug. 23, 2025. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation )
In his account, Aguilar showed images taken using his cellphone of the boy approaching himself and another contractor clutching bags of food and barefoot.
The former Green Beret turned GHF contractor for UG Solutions – a subcontractor of the GHF which received $30 million in U.S. government funding to support its «critical work» – described to multiple outlets an emotional encounter he had with the Palestinian child, in which he claimed the boy kissed his hand, touched Aguilar’s face, and thanked him for the supplies of rice and lentils he had found.
But the footage taken by Aguilar and handed over to GHF officials before it was obtained by Fox News Digital, did not show this interaction ever took place.
The GHF contested Aguilar’s account on several fronts and pointed out the hand the boy kissed was that of Aguilar’s colleague standing to his left, which the footage also showed.
Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden and his mother appeared at the GHF SDS 3 ending a weeks-long search for him on Aug. 23, 2025. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)
When asked by Fox News Digital why he said the boy engaged with him in this manner despite what the footage shows, he maintained his story and said, «Amir kissed my right hand. He kissed my forehead, too. He thanked us and told us he was very hungry and thankful.»
In multiple interviews with various outlets, Aguilar described how the boy then returned to the group where other Palestinians were gathered at the distribution site before they were then dispersed by GHF contractors through the use of pepper spray, tear gas, stun grenades and bullets fired into the air, forcing them to flee the compound.
However, Fox News Digital was told that the GHF did not yet have access to non-lethal arms in the early days of the operations, according to a GHF colleague who was aware of Aguilar’s position at SDS 3 on May 28.
Additionally, Aguilar claimed that once the Palestinian civilians had been pushed out of the SDS center, IDF forces then opened fire on the crowd and killed «Amir,» along with other Palestinians. He reiterated this claim in an interview late last month in which he told Dialogue Works that the boy had received a «shot to the torso, a shot to the leg – dead.»
But the GHF challenged Aguilar’s story – including the location of where he claimed the event occurred.
In one of his first accounts of the incident on July 29 to Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Aguilar claimed the killing happened first outside GHF aid site SDS 1 before telling MSNBC on Aug. 2 that the shooting happened near SDS 2, and then telling Dialogue Works last month the events occurred outside SDS 3.
On Sept. 9, Chris Hayes gave an update on the report, telling viewers that the boy who was reported dead was, in fact, found to be alive. He said NBC producers had confirmed that the boy was now out of Gaza in an unnamed country.
Multiple GHF sources confirmed that no such incident was reported at or outside SDS 1 or SDS 3, and SDS 2 was not yet even operational on May 28.
Fox News Digital confirmed in speaking with multiple sources that Aguilar was on SDS 3 on May 28.
Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, 8 years old, has been discovered with his mother in the Gaza Strip following a GHF investigation that concluded when they appeared as Secure Distribution Site (SDS) 3 on Aug. 23, 2025. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation )
In comments to Fox News Digital, Aguilar said, «I sincerely, and with bated breath and joy, hope that Amir is alive. I’ve always said as much. I have been in contact with his family and others, and Amir’s family is not aware that he is alive, only that he is ‘gone’.
«I have always said that due to GHF and IDF restrictions from UG S[olutions] personnel moving beyond the concentration camp style corals extending from the North entrance, that I was NOT, say again, NOT able to verify Amir’s death,» he said. «But I did in fact see Palestinians gunned down by IDF machine gun fire at the intersection of the SDS 3 exit and the military corridor, north of SDS 3, where an IDF Merkava tank was located.»
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Abboud’s stepmother also later told the GHF that the boy didn’t go missing until July 28, two months after Aguilar said he had been killed.
Abboud ran away to be with his birth mother on July 28 amid a rift with his stepmother’s family, whose custody he was put in following the death of his father, per Palestinian law.
A GHF representative involved in the operation explained the search to find Abboud became not only a matter necessary to uncover what allegedly happened on May 28, but because there was increasing concern regarding threats posed by Hamas as traction picked up around the story.
The official explained that Hamas had a vested interest in making sure this child was not found, as it would discredit Aguilar’s story that a Palestinian boy had been gunned down by Israeli forces outside a GHF site.
Ultimately, the GHF were able to locate the boy and his birth mother by speaking with local Palestinians and later, a family member who agreed to speak with the team before connecting them with Najlaa.
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She then brought Abboud to the GHF site so that she, her son, and four other male family members whose identities Fox News Digital has agreed to conceal, could be extracted from the Gaza Strip, after at least one of the male family members received direct threats from the Hamas terrorist network.
In an interview shared with Fox News Digital, Najlaa is seen sitting with Abboud and another young male, who was also set to be extracted with them, speaking with GHF officials.
In the video, which Fox News Digital did not post to protect multiple identities, Abboud refers to Najlaa as his «mama» and, according to a translation of the comments, he says he is happy to be with her while smiling and sitting next to her.
The identities of Abboud, his mother and his relatives were verified by GHF using facial recognition software that compared the images of the boy with those captured by Aguilar.
Facial recognition software, biometric data and the death certificate of Abboud’s father, were used by GHF to verify the family members’ identities and relationships, and were also shared with Fox News Digital.
Abboud also brought the shirt he was wearing in the footage taken by Aguilar, which is what the former GHF contractor said the boy was wearing when he was allegedly gunned down.
Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, 8 years old, arrived with the T-shirt he was wearing on May 28, 2025, in the footage taken by Anthony Aguilar at GHF Secure Distribution Site (SDS) 3 on Aug. 23, 2025. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation )
Aguilar did not respond to Fox News Digital regarding the intact shirt, and said, «the new pictures are not Amir.»
When pressed on where specifically he thought there were discrepancies in the images of the boy, he said, «Amir in my photos had a scar on his left clavicle. The boy featured by GHF does not. The Amir in my photos from SDS 3, does not have a scar on the right side of his forehead as the GHF’s photos show.»
The GHF representative confirmed that the boy’s scars were in fact used to verify his identity.
«I believe that is a boy of similar appearance,» Aguilar said, noting he believes the outcome of the investigation «is a lie.»
The GHF spokesperson for the organization, Chapin Fay, called Aguilar’s story regarding the boy and his alleged murder by the IDF «false» during a press conference earlier this month.
Aguilar told Fox News Digital that the GHF statements made against him during a July 29 press conference were «libel and slanderous.»
Fay described him as a «disgruntled former employee» who was «terminated for cause» after he engaged in «volatile conflicts with staff and erratic behavior.»
According to text messages shared with Fox News Digital, Aguilar also did not handle being removed from his role well, and threatened in a text exchange with a GHF official that he «could be your best friend, or your worst nightmare» if they didn’t «put [him] back to work.»
Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden seen smiling at the GHF’s SDS 3 on Aug. 25, 2025 in Gaza Strip. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation )
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David Panzer, counsel for UG Solutions, echoed this belief in a statement he gave on July 29 in which he said, «Mr. Aguilar was terminated from his contract with UG Solutions on June 13, 2025, due to poor performance, volatile conflicts with staff, and erratic behavior.
«Since termination, Mr. Aguilar has spread a false narrative to media outlets around the world, all at the same time begging UG Solutions to hire him back,» Panzer added. «Mr. Aguilar’s activities in the last several weeks make clear that he’s making good on his threats to, in his own words…be UG Solutions’s ‘worst nightmare’ if they didn’t hire him back.»
Panzer said Aguilar’s comments «raise[d] substantial questions of motive.»
Aguilar told Fox News Digital that the GHF statements made against him in the July 29 press conference were «libel and slanderous.»
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Trump says Comey ‘placed a cloud over the entire nation’ with Crossfire Hurricane, reacts to indictment
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EXCLUSIVE: President Trump reacted to the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, telling Fox News Digital during an exclusive interview that he «placed a cloud over the entire nation» with the bureau’s «Crossfire Hurricane» probe.
Comey, on Thursday evening, was indicted by a grand jury on two counts, alleged false statements within jurisdiction of the legislative branch and obstruction of congressional proceeding.
A split image of James Comey and Donald Trump. (Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images and photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
COMEY INDICTED FOR ALLEGED FALSE STATEMENTS, OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDING
«What they did was so terrible and so corrupt,» Trump told Fox News Digital, referring to those involved in the Trump-Russia probe. «We had a great administration, though.»
Former Deputy Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Peter Strzok formally opened the Trump-Russia investigation, known inside the bureau as «Crossfire Hurricane» on July 31, 2016.
Trump fired Comey in May 2017. Days later Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to take over the Crossfire Hurricane probe.
«He is a very corrupt person. He was absolutely a terrible man for what this country stood for,» Trump told Fox News Digital.
Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in prior to testifying before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
«Comey placed a cloud over the entire nation, and actually, the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax made it very difficult,» Trump said. «It could have caused wars.»
Fox News Digital exclusively reported in July that Comey was under criminal investigation by the FBI.
Fox News Digital also exclusively reported that former CIA Director John Brennan is under criminal investigation related to the Trump–Russia probe.
When asked whether Brennan should be charged as well, the president told Fox News Digital: «We’ll have to see what happens.»
«It is up to the Justice Department, but I can tell you, it is a group of people that was very disappointing,» the president said. «This makes Watergate look like peanuts.»
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He added: «They tried to destroy our country.»
Comey’s case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The indictment alleges that Comey obstructed a congressional investigation into the disclosure of sensitive information in violation of 18 USC 1505.
The indictment also alleges Comey made a false statement when he stated he did not authorize someone at the FBI to be an anonymous source. According to the indictment, that statement was false.
His arraignment is set for 10 a.m. on Oct. 9, in Alexandria Courtroom 600 before District Juge Michael S. Nachmanoff.
«No one is above the law,» Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X. «Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people. We will follow the facts in this case.»
FBI Director Kash Patel took to X to say, «Today, your FBI took another step in its promise of full accountability.»
«For far too long, previous corrupt leadership and their enablers weaponized federal law enforcement, damaging once proud institutions and severely eroding public trust,» Patel wrote. «Every day, we continue the fight to earn that trust back, and under my leadership, this FBI will confront the problem head-on. Nowhere was this politicization of law enforcement more blatant than during the Russiagate hoax, a disgraceful chapter in history we continue to investigate and expose.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi praised Tuesday’s guilty verdict for Ryan Routh, who tried to assassinate then-candidate Donald Trump. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«Everyone, especially those in positions of power, will be held to account – no matter their perch.»
Meanwhile, after nearly two years, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which concluded in March 2019, yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election.
Shortly after, John Durham was appointed as special counsel to investigate the origins of the «Crossfire Hurricane» probe.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, pictured May 29, 2019, is the latest person to testify in the House Oversight Committee’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Durham found that the FBI «failed to act» on a «clear warning sign» that the bureau was the «target» of a Clinton-led effort to «manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes» ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
«The aforementioned facts reflect a rather startling and inexplicable failure to adequately consider and incorporate the Clinton Plan intelligence into the FBI’s investigative decision-making in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation,» Durham’s report states.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO INDICT FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY FOR ALLEGEDLY LYING TO CONGRESS
«Indeed, had the FBI opened the Crossfire Hurricane investigation as an assessment and, in turn, gathered and analyzed data in concert with the information from the Clinton Plan intelligence, it is likely that the information received would have been examined, at a minimum, with a more critical eye,» the report continued.
John Durham testifies before the House Judiciary committee on Wednesday, June 20, 2023. (Screenshot/HouseJudiciaryCommittee)
Durham, in his report, said the FBI «failed to act on what should have been — when combined with other incontrovertible facts — a clear warning sign that the FBI might then be the target of an effort to manipulate or influence the law enforcement process for political purposes during the 2016 presidential election.»
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In an Instagram post on Thursday, Comey acknowledged that he and his family have known for years that there are costs to standing up to President Donald Trump.
«We couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way,» he said. «We will not live on our knees and you shouldn’t.»
Fox News’ David Spunt contributed to this report.
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Estados Unidos sancionó a una red de abastecimiento de armamento norcoreano al Ejército de Birmania
El gobierno de Estados Unidos anunció este jueves un nuevo paquete de sanciones dirigido a una red internacional señalada por generar ingresos clave para los programas de armas de Corea del Norte, en particular mediante la provisión de bombas y sistemas de guiado norcoreanos al Ejército de Birmania.
De acuerdo con información facilitada por el Departamento de Estado de EEUU, la medida pretende obstaculizar el financiamiento externo que sostiene el desarrollo armamentístico de Pyongyang y frenar el comercio militar que ha permitido al gobierno militar birmano emplear estos recursos en operaciones contra infraestructura civil desde el golpe de Estado de 2021.
El Tesoro de Estados Unidos detalló que las sanciones se dirigen contra la compañía Royal Shune Lei Company Limited, con sede en Birmania, así como contra figuras clave como su director Aung Ko Ko Oo, y los empresarios Kyaw Thu Myo Myint y Tin Myo Aung.
En el anuncio, el Tesoro informó que Kim Yong Ju, representante adjunto en Beijing de la Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) de Corea del Norte, habría coordinado con los empresarios birmanos la venta de al menos dos modelos de kits de guiado de bombas, explosivos y equipamiento de vigilancia aérea para la fuerza aérea de Birmania. Las operaciones, según las autoridades estadounidenses, han permitido el refuerzo militar del gobierno birmano en detrimento de la población civil.
El subsecretario de Terrorismo e Inteligencia Financiera, John Hurley, subrayó en un comunicado: “Los programas armamentísticos ilegales de Corea del Norte son una amenaza directa para Estados Unidos y nuestros aliados”. Las autoridades indicaron que, a pesar de los intentos, no lograron contactar a los individuos ni a la empresa sancionada para obtener comentarios. También informaron que la delegación de Corea del Norte ante las Naciones Unidas y la embajada birmana en Washington no respondieron de inmediato a las solicitudes de información.
La relación militar entre Birmania y Corea del Norte ha sido objeto de atención para organismos internacionales. Un grupo de expertos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), encargado de monitorear el cumplimiento de las sanciones internacionales sobre Corea del Norte, mencionó en sus informes la cooperación militar entre ambos países asiáticos. El gobierno estadounidense bajo la presidencia de Donald Trump intentó poner fin a esa relación, que supuso la transferencia de conocimientos sobre misiles y materiales para la producción armamentística desde Corea del Norte hacia Birmania. Los líderes militares birmanos han sido objeto de sanciones por parte de Washington desde hace varios años.
Por otra parte, a la par de este anuncio de Washington, el ministro surcoreano de Unificación, Chung Dong-young, advirtió este jueves sobre una potencial escalada nuclear en la península. Chung señaló que, según estimaciones de especialistas como la Federación de Científicos Estadounidenses, Corea del Norte dispone actualmente de cerca de 2.000 kilos de uranio altamente enriquecido con una pureza mayor al 90%. “Incluso en este momento, las centrifugadoras de uranio norcoreanas están operando en cuatro instalaciones”, indicó el ministro.
El Ministerio de Defensa surcoreano ha descrito la cantidad de uranio enriquecido en poder del Norte como “significativa” durante años, pero la declaración de Chung representó una inusual confirmación pública de estas cifras. Según sus palabras, cinco o seis kilos de plutonio bastarían para fabricar una bomba nuclear, mientras que los dos mil kilos de uranio almacenados permitirían la fabricación de “una cantidad enorme de armas atómicas”.
El uranio altamente enriquecido es el principal componente para producir bombas atómicas debido a que puede convertirse en plutonio a través de reactores nucleares. De acuerdo con estimaciones del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA), la cantidad mencionada podría ser suficiente para la producción de unas 47 armas nucleares.
En ese contexto, Chung argumentó que “detener el desarrollo nuclear de Corea del Norte es un asunto urgente” y sostuvo que las sanciones internacionales “no serán efectivas” para frenar el programa. Propuso como única posible solución la celebración de una cumbre entre Pyongyang y Washington.
El dictador norcoreano Kim Jong-un expresó esta semana estar dispuesto a dialogar con Estados Unidos, pero condicionó la apertura de conversaciones al mantenimiento del arsenal nuclear norcoreano.
(Con información de AFP y Reuters)
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Greta Thunberg and her flotilla were bombarded with Abba music after hijackers intercepted their radios, according to reports.
GB News reported that the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) blamed Israel for the stunt, which looped Abba’s «Lay All Your Love On Me» for hours, a possible jab at Thunberg’s Swedish roots.
The flotilla is part of a movement of dozens of boats from 44 countries carrying food, water and medicine to civilians in Gaza. Several ships in the fleet were targeted in the musical attack, GB News reported.
«They’re jamming our radio,» GSF member Yasemin Acar said in a video with Abba blasting in the background. «We don’t know where this is coming from, the sound, but other vessels are experiencing the same thing.»
HAMAS PLOTS INFILTRATION AT US-BACKED GAZA AID SITE, FORCES TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN
Climate activist Greta Thunberg and other activists from a human rights organization met with journalists in Catania, Italy, Sunday ahead of their departure for the Mideast. (AP)
The GSF claimed on social media that Israeli military drones targeted several ships in the flotilla Tuesday, reportedly damaging communication equipment and some masts.
The flotilla is days away from reaching about 200 miles off Gaza’s coast. Earlier this month, Tunisian officials rejected the group’s claim that a drone bombed one of its main vessels.
The group said the Portuguese-flagged boat sustained damage to its main deck and storage below, but no one was hurt. Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said reports of a drone strike at Sidi Bou Said port «have no basis in truth» and said it was investigating a fire on the deck, Reuters reported.
US-BACKED GAZA AID GROUP SLAMS DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS, ACCUSES IT OF SPREADING ‘FALSE’ CLAIMS
Greta Thunberg waves as she joins a flotilla heading for Gaza with aid. (AP)
«Acts of aggression aimed at intimidating and derailing our mission will not deter us,» GSF said in a statement. «Our peaceful mission to break the siege on Gaza and stand in solidarity with its people continues with determination and resolve.»
Thunberg’s second attempt at leading a flotilla comes amid the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 63,000 people, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
HAMAS LOSING IRON GRIP ON GAZA AS US-BACKED GROUP GETS AID TO PALESTINIANS IN NEED
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg waves from a boat taking part in a civilian flotilla bound for Gaza, aiming to break the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
At a press conference in Barcelona before departing, Thunberg framed the mission as an act of survival.
«The story here is about Palestine. The story here is how people are being deliberately deprived of the very basic means to survive,» Thunberg said, alleging that Israel was violating international law by «unlawfully intercepting boats in international waters» and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching civilians.
It is not Thunberg’s first attempt at delivering aid. In June, she was deported after Israeli forces stopped her ship, the Madleen, along with 11 others on board. Israel has enforced a naval blockade on Gaza since Hamas seized control in 2007, saying it is needed to prevent weapons smuggling.
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The blockade remains in place during the current war sparked by Hamas’ deadly October 2023 attack on Israel.
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
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