00:00I really hope Mr. or Lieutenant Colonel in Reserves Aguilar will enjoy his 15 minutes of caressing
00:06global media attention. I think what he's doing is tremendously dishonest. I think there are
00:14multiple cases of evidence, sworn statements by his colleagues from the Gaza Humanitarian
00:20Foundation that claim that he is not only not truthful, but in fact lying, fabricating,
00:27making up events. I would like to start by saying that I respect Mr. Conricus. I saw him on the news
00:37during the opening days of the war, enjoying his 15 minutes of fame. My wife was a public affairs
00:44officer in the army and we watched him on the news and I have respect for his profession and for his
00:49opinion. And he is entitled to his opinion. What I will say is that first, regardless of the status
00:58of my employment or how good of an employee I was, that does not justify or take away the fact that
01:04war crimes have been committed, not only verified by me as a witness, but also others that have seen
01:10it. To include IDF soldiers that are now coming forward stating that they were ordered to shoot
01:15combat civilians. The sites themselves, where they are built in active combat zones, that's not an
01:22opinion. Anybody can look at a map and see where they're built. Regardless of the opinion, that's a
01:28war crime. Obviously they're in combat zones, yeah. That's not a war crime. It's not a war crime. If that is
01:34where the people are, then that is where the food is supposed to go. And to your point of, you know,
01:39success or not, up until today, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has distributed almost 110 million meals
01:48in about two months period. Far more per person, per location, per distribution site than anybody
01:55before that. Hamas, UNRWA, anybody else. And we're going back just to finish on the humanitarian
02:02situation in the South. If Israel provides food in a location that it has operational control over,
02:09that is not a war crime. That is exactly what you're supposed to be doing, to get civilians out
02:14of harm's way, locate them in an area where you can provide water and food and medicine and everything
02:20basic that they need, and then to provide them with those basic necessities. Now for Mr. Aguilar to say
02:28that that is a war crime, that's absolute nonsense. I mean, how else are you supposed to provide them
02:33food? The Egyptians won't open the gate. They won't let them in. And therefore, that's the place where
02:40it's supposed to be. So even to label that as a war crime shows you how absurd and how unfounded and how
02:46unprofessional Mr. Aguilar's opinion is of the situation. Okay. Anthony Aguilar, a final word to you.
02:53Yes. The protocols of the Geneva Convention clearly stipulate that even during a war in an area that
03:01is classified as a war zone, as Gaza is, to establish distribution points, and you said water,
03:07medicine, and food, I'd like to reemphasize that they are not providing water or medicine,
03:11and only dried food that requires water to cook. To establish distribution sites that service a civilian
03:18population, unarmed civilians, to displace them from where they live, to go to that site to be able
03:26to receive services for life in an active combat zone, is a war crime. I would welcome you to read
03:33the protocols of the Geneva Convention, sir. What I would like to say about the 107 million meals,
03:38this is such a misnomer. 107 million meals in 73 days, from May 26th to the 6th of August,
03:48of which I personally was involved in the operations and the distribution of 32.2 million of those meals.
03:55That's only 18 days of food. Well done. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is short 55 days of food over
04:03the last 73 days. And that's only three sites. One was under construction, and number four was closed
04:09for the first two weeks because I was there. The GHF average is 18 trucks a day into Gaza. The UN was
04:17averaging 500 a day at 400 sites. So even if the rhetoric of 95% of the UN aid is taken by Hamas,
04:28which has been discredited by not only Israeli organizations, but by the United Nations and the
04:35United States, that that is not true. But let's just say that that were true. 5% of getting in what
04:43the UN had is still 28% more than what the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is achieving. And they're
04:49not providing any water.
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