Exclusive: A young Gazan boy called ‘Amir’, who traveled after a distribution site of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and was reported as killed by Israeli defense groups (IDF) in May, was found alive and hid with his mother.
Abboud and his mother, whose name Najlaa is, were safely removed from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, although the location was not announced in this report for their protection.
The story of Abboud went viral after a former GHF contractor, Anthony Aguilar, a 25-year-old veteran of the US Army and retired Green Beret Lt. Col. Retired said he saw the boy who had shot “Amir” by IDF troops outside a GHF distribution site on 28 May.
Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden (Abboud) and his mother appeared on the GHF Secure Distribution Site 3, with which he ended a week -long search for him on 23 August 2025. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)
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In his report, Aguilar showed images that were taken with the help of his camera images of the boy who approached him and another contractor who holds bags of food.
Aguilar claimed that he and the boy had a moving moment where Abdul, whose nickname is Abboud, kissed his hand and then his face in clear thanks for the food stocks.
The former green beret said that the boy then walked back to the group of other Palestinians who were forced shortly thereafter to leave the Hulplocation after Peperpray, Tear gas and Stun Grenades were employed, he claimed in a Interview with MSNBC.
Aguilar – who worked as a contractor for UG Solutions, a subcontractor for GHF – then said he heard shots shoot after the Palestinians left, and when he reached the stage he found Abboud and others shot by the IDF.
Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden (Abboud,) 8 years old was discovered with his mother in the Gaza Strip after a GHF study that concluded when she appeared on a secure distribution site (SDS) 3 in the Gaza Strip on August 23, 2025. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)
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“Shot to the hull, a shot on the leg – dead,” he said Dialogue works With regard to Abboud.
In his reports from the incident to multiple media, as well as Senator Chris van Hollen, D-MD., On July 29, Aguilar claimed The murder first happened outside of ghf aid site secure distribution site-1 (SDS) before he told MSNBC on 2 August that the shooting took place near SDS-2 and then told the dialogue works at the end of last month that the events took place outside of SDS-3.
The GHF, who ended Aguilar’s contract in June, started an investigation at the end of July to try to find the identity of the boy and discover what happened.
Because of their research, which was dependent on speaking with local Palestinians, they finally succeeded Abboud’s mother and her son.
Concerned when the story of Aguilar received international attention that Hamas had an established interest to ensure that Abboud was not found, because it would discredit the claim that the GHF and the IDF had not only held brutal but deadly behavior against Palestinians.
“Although this story happily ends, it could have ended in tragedy,” Moore added. “Too many people, also in the press and civil society, were quickly to spread not -rejected claims without asking the most basic questions.
“When the life of a child is at stake, facts must matter more than the headlines,” he added.
Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden (Abboud), 8 years old, was discovered with his mother in the Gaza Strip after a GHF study that concluded when she appeared as a Secure Distribution Site (SDS) 3 in the Gaza Strip on August 23, 2025. (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation)
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Najlaa said that her wish for her son’s future is that he is “at ease”.
“My son and I have suffered a lot. But we thank God,” she added. “I thank everyone who helped me and stood with.”
