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        <h1 class="gmail-">US mercenary firm behind aid massacres
          returning to Gaza under new UN mandate: Report</h1>
        <p class="gmail-">UG Solutions will be expanding its presence
          across Gaza with roles ranging from advisory functions to more
          \u2018robust\u2019 security deployments at new aid sites
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          <p><span style="color:rgb(84,88,94)">NOV 22, 2025 - </span><font
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                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">UG
                    Solutions, a US military subcontractor that guarded
                    Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid sites, is
                    ramping up recruitment for a new deployment as plans
                    advance for 12 to 15 distribution locations to
                    reopen in Gaza next month, </span><a
href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-ghf-ug-solutions-aid-massacres-mercenaries-ceasefire-trump"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="background-color:transparent"><i>Drop Site
                        News </i></span></a><span
                    style="background-color:transparent">reported on 19
                    November.</span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">A former
                    US Army officer, who spoke anonymously citing
                    security concerns, said a UG Solutions recruiter
                    told him in late October that the company \u201cwas going
                    to need a lot more guys\u201d for a Gaza operation
                    expected to begin in early to mid-December. </span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">The
                    officer was offered $800 per day for static guard
                    duty and $1,000 for mobile roles, plus a steady
                    allowance of $180 per day. </span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">Days after
                    his second round of interviews, he was informed that
                    his application was rejected after UG Solutions said
                    it had \u201creceived many applications\u201d and that the
                    selection process was \u201cvery competitive.\u201d</span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">GHF\u2019s
                    previous four sites, opened in May, </span><a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/ghf-dismantles-gaza-sites-where-thousands-of-palestinian-aid-seekers-killed"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="background-color:transparent">were
                      dismantled</span></a><span
                    style="background-color:transparent"> after a
                    ceasefire on 10 October. </span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">For over
                    four months, thousands of Palestinians seeking food
                    were killed or wounded by Israeli fire or security
                    contractors stationed at or near the distribution
                    areas.</span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">Between
                    May and October 2025, over 2,600 Palestinians were
                    killed and around 19,000 injured in the attempt to
                    seek life-sustaining aid from GHF sites across Gaza,
                    according to the <i>Drop Site</i> report.</span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">UG
                    Solutions confirmed that it is preparing for \u201ca wide
                    range of potential scenarios,\u201d which could include
                    an advisory presence or \u201crobust security\u201d roles
                    linked to the newly authorized International
                    Stabilization Force (ISF). </span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">That force
                    will fall under a Trump-chaired \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d
                    with sweeping powers over Gaza\u2019s reconstruction,
                    security, economic policy, and aid distribution.</span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">Palestinian
                    resistance groups have </span><a
                    href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/34347"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="background-color:transparent">rejected</span></a><span
                    style="background-color:transparent"> the UN
                    Security Council\u2019s (UNSC) approval of the US plan
                    for Gaza, saying it imposes a new form of foreign
                    guardianship designed to disarm them and achieve the
                    objectives Israel failed to impose through its
                    genocide.</span></p>
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                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">The <i>Drop
                      Site</i> report noted that the US initiated a
                    separate $7-million contract on 25 September with
                    Q2IMPACT to monitor humanitarian aid in Palestine
                    and Lebanon.</span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">Since
                    their first deployment, UG Solutions\u2019 record in Gaza
                    became synonymous with lethal force rather than
                    \u201csecurity.\u201d </span></p>
                <p><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/31324"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="background-color:transparent">Testimonies</span></a><span
                    style="background-color:transparent"> and videos
                    obtained by AP and other sources showed
                    subcontractors firing live rounds, stun grenades,
                    and other weapons at Palestinians \u201ceven if there was
                    no threat\u201d \u2013 a pattern repeated at nearly every
                    distribution site. </span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">Haaretz
                    testimonies describe GHF distribution zones as \u201c</span><a
                    href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/31621"
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                      style="background-color:transparent">killing
                      fields,</span></a><span
                    style="background-color:transparent">\u201d where Israeli
                    soldiers receive direct orders to fire tank shells,
                    mortars, and machine guns at unarmed Palestinians
                    seeking food, killing dozens each day, with
                    commanders enforcing rules of engagement that treat
                    civilians as hostile targets and forbid aid trucks
                    from entering.</span></p>
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                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">One UG
                    Solutions guard resigned in July, saying he
                    witnessed war crimes and crimes against humanity at
                    aid centres he described as \u201cdeath traps.\u201d </span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">In August,
                    multiple outlets revealed that UG Solutions had even
                    deployed members of a US biker gang with a known
                    history of anti-Muslim hate speech.</span></p>
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                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">The
                    Council on American-Islamic Relations in North
                    Carolina has urged state officials to investigate
                    the company for its role in attacks on Palestinians
                    seeking food.</span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">Since the
                    ceasefire took effect, Israel has continued lethal
                    attacks and blocked the agreed 600 daily aid trucks,
                    as famine conditions deepened across Gaza. </span></p>
                <p><span style="background-color:transparent">UN
                    agencies report that aid delivery remains \u201c</span><a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/un-says-aid-deliveries-in-gaza-remain-constrained-three-weeks-into-ceasefire"
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                      style="background-color:transparent">constrained</span></a><span
                    style="background-color:transparent">\u201d by Israeli
                    restrictions, damaged routes, blocked crossings, and
                    a registration system that has left nearly $50
                    million in supplies stranded. Gaza officials say
                    only 4,453 of the 15,600 trucks required under the
                    ceasefire agreement have entered \u2013 just 28 percent
                    of the </span><a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/gaza-officials-warn-thousands-remain-trapped-under-rubble-say-aid-flow-critically-insufficient"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="background-color:transparent">daily aid</span></a><span
                    style="background-color:transparent"> needed to meet
                    minimal needs.</span></p>
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