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Under New UN Mandate.
UG Solutions will be expanding its presence across Gaza with roles ranging from advisory functions to more ‘robust’ security deployments at new aid sites.
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, Drop Site News reported on 19 November.
A former US Army officer, who spoke anonymously citing security concerns, said a UG Solutions recruiter told him in late October that the company “was going to need a lot more guys” for a Gaza operation expected to begin in early to mid-December.
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.
Days after his second round of interviews, he was informed that his application was rejected after UG Solutions said it had “received many applications” and that the selection process was “very competitive.”
GHF’s previous four sites, opened in May, were dismantled after a ceasefire on 10 October.
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.
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 Drop Site report.
UG Solutions confirmed that it is preparing for “a wide range of potential scenarios,” which could include an advisory presence or “robust security” roles linked to the newly authorized International Stabilization Force (ISF).
That force will fall under a Trump-chaired “Board of Peace” with sweeping powers over Gaza’s reconstruction, security, economic policy, and aid distribution.
Palestinian resistance groups have rejected the UN Security Council’s (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.
The Drop Site report noted that the US initiated a separate $7-million contract on 25 September with Q2IMPACT to monitor humanitarian aid in Palestine and Lebanon.
Since their first deployment, UG Solutions’ record in Gaza became synonymous with lethal force rather than “security.”
Testimonies and videos obtained by AP and other sources showed subcontractors firing live rounds, stun grenades, and other weapons at Palestinians “even if there was no threat” – a pattern repeated at nearly every distribution site.
Haaretz testimonies describe GHF distribution zones as “killing fields,” 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.
One UG Solutions guard resigned in July, saying he witnessed war crimes and crimes against humanity at aid centres he described as “death traps.”
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.
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.
Since the ceasefire took effect, Israel has continued lethal attacks and blocked the agreed 600 daily aid trucks, as famine conditions deepened across Gaza.
UN agencies report that aid delivery remains “constrained” 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 – just 28 percent of the daily aid needed to meet minimal needs.
