Eyewitness to Gaza’s Death Traps: Whistleblower Anthony Aguilar In Conversation with Defending Rights & Dissent

Anthony Aguilar has made headlines for blowing the whistle on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Now he’s sharing his first-hand account of what he witnessed in Gaza with Defending Rights & Dissent.

A retired U.S. special forces officer, Aguilar worked for UG Solutions, a contractor that partnered with GHF, a U.S- and Israeli-backed NGO established ostensibly to provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza. Yet according to the former Green Beret, these aid sites were “designed as death traps.” He resigned after witnessing war crimes and is speaking out in hopes of halting the atrocities. 

Aguilar spoke with Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons in a livestreamed conversation on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 3:30pm ET.

Defending Rights & Dissent is a civil liberties organization that defends the American people’s right to know and freedom to act through grassroots mobilization, public education, policy expertise, and advocacy journalism. Gibbons has extensively reported on whistleblowers, especially those sounding the alarm on human rights abuses committed in the name of national security.