00:00One of the photos that I took, sir, was this photo here.
00:03This young boy, his name is Amir.
00:06I know that because he and I talked.
00:09I took this photo. This is on...
00:14This hurts me. I get a little emotional with this.
00:17This is on Secure Distribution Site 1 on the 27th of May.
00:22The second day we had done distribution.
00:26At this point, the second in charge of the entire contract resigned in protest based on how distribution went on the 26th of May on day one.
00:36He notified the leadership. He said, I can't be a part of this anymore.
00:40We continued.
00:43This young man on this site, as you can see, he doesn't have a box.
00:49He's carrying things that he found on the ground because on the sites, it became a free for all.
00:53It became a survival of the fittest.
00:55The Gaza Olympics, hunger games, hunger games, dystopian to the 10th degree.
01:01It's horrible.
01:03There was no box for this young man.
01:05So he picked up some things that he found on the ground and he was so thankful for even that.
01:09And he walked up to me and he extended his hand and I beckoned for him to come forward.
01:15And he grabbed my hand and he kissed my hand.
01:17And he said, Shukran, Shukran.
01:19And he was sincere. He was crying.
01:21He walked eight kilometers to get there.
01:25No shoes.
01:27Probably hasn't eaten in days.
01:29Probably hasn't eaten in days.
01:31So for anybody that says that the people of Gaza are not starving, I beg to differ.
01:35I've seen different.
01:37This young man.
01:39Then I he held my hand and he kissed it and I kneeled down to look at him in the face so I can let him know that, you know, people care.
01:47You're not alone.
01:48People care.
01:49And he sat down his bags and he put his hands on my face and he kissed me.
01:53And he looked at me and he said, Shukran.
01:57And I was like, and I was like, you're welcome.
01:59And he says, thank you.
02:01And he picked up his bags and he went back to join this group.
02:06And this was the last remaining group of people on the site that were picking up remnants of aid.
02:10And he left through the exit of site number one.
02:13The exit of site number one goes north to the Morag corridor, which is a combat area, a fighting area.
02:18Yeah.
02:19The IDF opened up with machine gun fire into the crowd to get them to leave faster, to get them to hurry, shooting at their feet, shooting over their heads, shooting into the berm.
02:30There's video of this.
02:31It's been verified.
02:33That's the first time I had experienced such use of force against.
02:39So I didn't know what was going on because he had walked through the berm and I heard the shooting.
02:43So I ran up to the berm to look.
02:45And there were dead Palestinians.
02:47He was one of them.
02:48Oh, my God.
02:49So.
02:50The boy who just kissed you.
02:53Who said thank you.
02:54Yeah.
02:55Who wasn't a threat.
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