Ex-British officer linked to Israeli army dismisses GHF aid massacres as 'Hamas propaganda' — gunfire heard at end of video — Yesterday, Richard Kemp, a retired British Army officer and head of the UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers (UK-AWIS)—a group linked directly to the Israeli military—released a propaganda video denying that Israeli forces have massacred Palestinians at aid distribution sites in Gaza. In the video, Kemp dismisses the widely documented killings of over 500 Palestinians at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid lines as “Hamas propaganda,” even as gunfire can be heard shortly before the footage cuts. This comes despite mounting evidence for the aid massacres from sources unaffiliated with the Hamas-run Gaza government or its health ministry. Kemp, who has been described as “one of the Jewish state’s greatest allies,” has openly advocated for Israeli impunity, arguing against war crimes prosecutions. He has also admitted to disobeying army rules of engagement and once described himself as a “thug” who enjoyed fighting. Kemp has called for loosening the laws of war for “democratic armies” to allow them “maximum possible freedom of action”—endorsing unrestrained military violence.