American Veterans Attacked, Injured While Distributing Aid In Gaza With Us-backed Group

Two American veterans moving pinch nan U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) were injured successful an onslaught while distributing assistance to Palestinians. The 2 veterans are reportedly receiving aesculapian curen and are successful unchangeable condition. GHF said nan Americans were "highly decorated" veterans.

"GHF has many times warned of reliable threats from Hamas, including definitive plans to target American personnel, Palestinian assistance workers, and nan civilians who trust connected our sites for food. Today’s onslaught tragically affirms those warnings," nan statement wrote connected X.

GHF vowed that it was still committed to nan ngo of delivering assistance to Gazans moreover successful nan look of convulsive attacks.

Palestinians successful Gaza get assistance from nan U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)

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The statement later posted an image of grenade fragments near complete from nan attack, showing nan weapons were packed pinch shot bearings. GHF said that aft throwing nan grenades nan 2 assailants ran into a crowd of civilians. According to GHF Executive Chairman Rev. Johnnie Moore, nan grenades were recovered to beryllium of Iranian root and person been "commonly utilized by Hamas."

"I americium sorry to opportunity besides that today’s panic onslaught connected Americans is partially a byproduct of nan legitimacy that galore successful nan property and at nan [U.N.] supply to Hamas —amplifying Hamas’s lies astir GHF each day, but besides actively collaborating pinch Hamas," Moore wrote connected X.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned nan attack, saying that "With Hamas nary bully deed goes unpunished."

Fragments from grenades filled pinch shot bearings that were thrown astatine Gaza Humanitarian Foundation personnel. Two American veterans were injured successful nan attack. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)

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"The Hamas terrorist organization and different violent groups successful Gaza proceed efforts to sabotage and neglect nan distribution of humanitarian assistance astatine nan distribution sites and connected nan measurement to them," IDF International Spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani wrote successful a statement. "IDF troops facilitated a safe removal for further aesculapian treatment. The Hamas violent statement and different violent groups successful Gaza proceed to harm nan Gazan civilians."

GHF slammed nan world organization complete its soundlessness connected nan threats and unit against its assistance workers.

"For weeks, we warned this would happen. We asked nan assistance organization to condemn threats. They stayed silent. We asked nan media to extremity laundering Hamas lies. They kept printing. Today, Hamas followed done by attacking American veterans pinch grenades arsenic they delivered food. The soundlessness is deafening. At what constituent is allowing Hamas to terrorize assistance workers and tally a propaganda run done Western media nary longer acceptable?"

People transportation boxes of alleviation supplies from nan Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a backstage US-backed assistance group that has bypassed nan longstanding UN-led strategy successful nan territory, arsenic displaced Palestinians return from an assistance distribution halfway successful nan cardinal Gaza Strip connected June 8, 2025.  (EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

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The onslaught comes conscionable 1 week aft nan statement said that Hamas put bounties connected nan heads of its workers, American and Palestinian alike. According to GHF, Hamas was offering money to anyone who killed aliases injured 1 of nan organization’s assistance workers.

"We are alert of reliable reports that Hamas is openly targeting nan Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and those who activity pinch us. According to these reports, Hamas has placed bounties connected some our American information unit and Palestinian assistance workers, offering rate rewards to anyone who injures aliases kills them," GHF told Fox News Digital.

"The targets of Hamas’ brutality are heroes who are simply trying to provender nan group of Gaza successful nan mediate of a war."

As of July 4, GHF said it had delivered 60 cardinal meals since it began distributing assistance successful May.