{"id":4030,"date":"2025-10-14T04:34:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2025-10-14T04:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:34:52","slug":"we-arent-finished-in-gaza-u-s-military-contractors-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=4030","title":{"rendered":"We Aren\u2019t Finished in Gaza, U.S. Military Contractors Say"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The shooting may<\/span> have stopped for now \u2014 but the armed U.S. military veterans who once patrolled aid distribution sites in Gaza say they are ready and willing to return to work.<\/p>\n

Amid ongoing uncertainty about the future of a controversial, Israel-approved aid distribution scheme, on Monday one of its lead contractors said it will keep working in the region.<\/p>\n

The statement from UG Solutions hints at a continued presence for U.S. private military contractors in Gaza, despite pushback from Palestinian political parties and the international aid community.<\/p>\n

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The firm\u2019s employees, many of them U.S. special forces veterans, have provided security at four aid distribution sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation<\/a> since May. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed<\/a> along the routes to the foundation\u2019s aid sites under Israel Defense Forces gunfire, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation in Gaza may be tenuous for the short to mid-term as the remnants of Hamas and clans vie for control of neighborhoods, cities, and the Gaza Strip as a whole,\u201d a company spokesperson wrote in a statement released Monday. \u201cUG stands ready to continue its work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation or any other international organizations or local nongovernmental organizations that believe that an increased security posture would better protect their staff, aid supplies, and logistics lines.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Critics said that in addition to violating humanitarian principles by deployed armed guards, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation served as a tool of Israeli policy by forcing Palestinians to make mileslong treks<\/a> to southern\u00a0Gaza.<\/p>\n

As the foundation began distributing food at four sites, hundreds of U.N. sites were kept shuttered. Dozens of aid organizations decried the situation in a July statement, where they said that Palestinians faced \u201can impossible choice: starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food to feed their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe humanitarian system is being deliberately and systematically dismantled by the Government of Israel\u2019s blockade and restrictions, a blockade now being used to justify shutting down nearly all other aid operations in favour of a deadly, military-controlled alternative that neither protects civilians nor meets basic needs,\u201d\u00a0the groups said.<\/a><\/p>\n

UG Solutions, in particular, fell under intense scrutiny when The Intercept and other outlets reported on the background of some of its private military contractors<\/a> in\u00a0the Infidels Motorcycle Club.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Palestinians speaking to The Associated Press<\/a> on Sunday said that at least three GHF aid sites had been abandoned as a condition of the ceasefire and hostage handover between Israel and Hamas. In a statement to the news outlet, however, the foundation cast the closure of the sites as a temporary pause.<\/p>\n

For its part, UG Solutions told The Intercept that it is planning to redeploy in Gaza soon. The company said that one site in the Netzarim Corridor is \u201cno longer sustainable\u201d with the withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces, but other sites near Gaza\u2019s border with Egypt \u201cremain active\u201d despite a temporary pause.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe anticipate these sites, plus additional site(s), reactivating or launching this week. UG Solutions remains eager to assist the people of Gaza by providing secure distribution sites where NGOs and international organizations can provide aid and services,\u201d the company spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Even if the company\u2019s work for GHF does not resume, its statements suggest that it is interested in working with other nonprofits in Gaza. The company says that it has stepped up the \u201cvetting and training\u201d of new employees in anticipation of added demand. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C. it has hired a lobbying firm closely associated<\/a> with Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

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