It’s been reported that members of an anti-Muslim group, who use the cross as their symbol and position themselves as modern-day crusaders, have been working as security officers at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites.
Hundreds have been killed in gunfire at the sites, while attempting to collect food.
Seven members of the Infidels Motorcycle Club have been in senior roles overseeing the sites, according to BBC News.
UG Solutions (UGS) is the private contractor in charge of site security. It told the BBC that while every team member goes through a background check, it does not monitor employees’ "personal hobbies or affiliations unrelated to job performance".
The Intercept said earlier this year that one of the men who travelled to Gaza is Johnny ‘Taz’ Mulford, a right-wing Christian and US Army veteran who is part of the ‘Infidels’ gang. Facebook images posted by Mulford show he is tattooed with crusader-style crosses and the year “1095”, in which the Crusades began.
The Crusades were a Christian-led mission in the 11th Century, by which Western Catholics sought to reclaim Holy Land sites from Muslims.
On the 16th May, Mulford posted to his personal Facebook account: “If you have a combat arms MOS, can still shoot, move and communicate (this will be tested) [and] can leave within the next 12 hours text me.”
The BBC estimates that at least 40 people hired to work for UG Solutions in Gaza were recruited from Infidels MC. It said documents indicate that each contractor was paid $980 (£720) per day, rising to $1,580 (£1,160) per day to lead teams at the GHF’s "safe distribution sites”.
A photo shared on social media by an aid site security team leader, Josh Miller, shows armed US contractors posing in front of signs reading: “FOB Mar-a-Lago” and “Make Gaza Great Again”.
It also advertises the logo on a company called “On the X”, which has sold t-shirts, seemingly AI-designed, reading: “Surf all day, rockets all night. Gaza summer 25," and “embrace violence”.
UG Solutions told the BBC that it stands by Mulford’s “reputation, record, and his contributions to the success of complex missions”.
Meanwhile, the GHF told the BBC it uses "people from all backgrounds" to help distribute aid and “is successful for that reason”.
Premier Christian News has reached out to Johnnie Moore, Chief of GHF for further comment.