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Beastly Boy

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14. Hamas controls all aid within the Gaza border

Reply to AloeVera (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 09:56 AM

Apr 26

Throughout the war, Hamas had been taking aid supplies and selling them to raise money, according to Israeli, Arab, and Western officials, none of whom were named in the report.

The group charged taxes from merchants, collected customs at checkpoints, and seized goods that it then resold.

By the time a January ceasefire started, Hamas was in a crisis, but the truce brought in more aid, reviving its finances, officials said. But when the ceasefire collapsed in March, Israel halted aid deliveries and resumed its attacks on Hamas, deepening the group’s plight.

The Israeli offensive has targeted Hamas officials who were involved in distributing cash to members, while others have gone into hiding, Arab intelligence officials told the newspaper.

In addition to not being able to pay its operatives, Hamas is also struggling to get new recruits and maintain a united front among the population against Israel, with Gazans occasionally demonstrating against the group for not ending the war, the report noted.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/cash-strapped-hamas-cant-pay-fighters-as-israeli-offensive-hits-funding-sources-report/

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UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel's blockade [View all] Eko Apr 25 OP

Starving people to death with Western complicity is fine malaise Apr 25 #1

I know. Because Palestinian lives don't matter. AloeVera Apr 25 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 25 #4

Umm... do you know what a siege is? You know, the one ISRAEL has imposed. As in nothing in, nothing out. AloeVera Apr 25 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 25 #6

Not true. AloeVera Apr 25 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 26 #10

I have no clue if Gazans left or not. AloeVera Apr 26 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Beastly Boy Apr 26 #13

Hamas controls all aid within the Gaza border Beastly Boy Apr 26 #14

Israel is stopping any food entering via the Rafah crossing muriel_volestrangler Apr 26 #18

Thank you. So the closing of the Rafah crossing on the Gaza sideby Israel prevents... AloeVera Apr 26 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 26 #22

And according to the UN. And according to the Israeli government. See OP. muriel_volestrangler Apr 26 #23

To whom? Beastly Boy Apr 26 #12

WARNING! There may be dangerous side-effects to Bibi's WORKS EVERY TIME DIET Ping Tung Apr 25 #3

Sadly - this is NY today - Zionist mob chases lone woman womanofthehills Apr 25 #8

"This is what it looks like to be harassed and to feel unsafe.' AloeVera Apr 25 #9

And now imagine if this were an entitled Upper West Side hipster returning from a misguided protest at a mosque. Beastly Boy Apr 26 #16

This is bullshit. Beastly Boy Apr 26 #15

It's bullshit to attempt to excuse the violent behaviour and misogynistic hatred shown by these men. AloeVera Apr 26 #17

I am not excusing anything Beastly Boy Apr 26 #19

I will not argue about Zionism or Chabad. AloeVera Apr 26 #20

Of course you will not! That is my whole point. Beastly Boy Apr 26 #24

There you go again. AloeVera Apr 26 #25

I guess that's your way of making it more obvious. Beastly Boy Apr 26 #26