Pakistan, July 26 -- WASHINGTON / GAZA - A former U.S. Special Forces officer has come forward with harrowing eyewitness accounts of Israeli atrocities against unarmed Palestinian civilians in Gaza, describing the acts as war crimes.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguillera, who was recently stationed in Gaza as part of a U.S. security mission, has revealed that Israeli forces used excessive and indiscriminate force under the guise of food aid operations. He stated that Israeli tanks, mortars, and artillery shells were fired directly at civilian vehicles, including one operated by an unarmed driver.

According to Aguillera, he chose to leave Gaza after witnessing his own U.S. and Israeli counterparts engage in brutal attacks on starv...