According to the Times of Israel, Israeli authorities estimate that Hamas hijacks 50% to 60% of humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza.
Reports have been circulating on social media for months, including videos showing armed groups robbing trucks carrying humanitarian aid meant for Palestinian civilians as soon as they entered the Gaza Strip.
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Hamas uses the food and water to supply its terrorist fighters, the fuel it uses to power its rockets and vehicles, and the fuel needed to keep oxygen flowing through the vast network of underground tunnels where its leaders hide. It is used to operate the ventilation system.
era of israel report:
The report said: [war cabinet member Benny] Gantz and [war cabinet observer Gadi] Eisenkot raised the issue in unspecified deliberations in recent days, and was given an assessment that Hamas hijacks more than half of the aid trucks entering Gaza, and Shin Bet chief Ronen Barr said the figure It is estimated that this will reach 60%.
Barr is said to have discussed ways to stop Hamas from hijacking trucks at a meeting in Cairo earlier this week.
The network said the main obstacle to such a move is Joe Biden, who has repeatedly pressured Israel for more aid to Gaza as fighting continues in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terrorist attack.・He pointed out that there is a high possibility that US President Biden will oppose this.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress in November that “some of the aid intended for Palestinian civilians could leak out” and end up in the hands of Hamas.
Families of some of the Israeli hostages have begun protests at Israeli border crossings, attempting to block aid trucks until the hostages are freed.
Mothers of Israeli Defense Forces soldiers protested against humanitarian aid in front of the US Embassy yesterday. Today, at a protest at the port of Ashdod to block truck shipments to Gaza, Shifra Chahal of Warm Home for All Soldiers says: i don’t remember… https://t.co/0nrxEz9t90
— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) February 1, 2024
Hamas recently abandoned an agreement to ensure that medical supplies shipped through Qatar reached the hostages as promised.
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