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Short answer
Hamas has a well-documented track record of stealing Gaza aid to feed its terrorists, stockpile for war, and fund their salaries and terrorism by selling supplies to merchants or directly to civilians at inflated prices. Deniers claim “the IDF denies it,” but that line comes from anonymous sources, while the IDF has openly confirmed Hamas steals aid.
They also cite a USAID analysis claiming there’s “no evidence of massive Hamas theft,” ignoring that it specifically covers only US aid — just one-third of the total. During these thefts, Palestinians are often killed by Hamas or in brawls over supplies, with the deaths then reported by Hamas’s own “Health Ministry” as Israel’s fault.
The pattern is simple: aid arrives, Hamas seizes it, people die, Israel is blamed, and propaganda buries the truth.
Long answer
Hamas has a well-documented track record of stealing aid meant for Gaza’s civilians — from essential food and water to fuel. This aid is diverted to feed its terrorists, stockpile for war, and fund their salaries and terror operations. Rather than distributing aid to those in desperate need, Hamas hoards it to create artificial scarcity, deliberately fueling starvation as a cruel strategy to control the population and manipulate global sympathy. Tribal clans aligned with Hamas also participate in stealing and diverting aid, deepening the corruption and chaos inside Gaza. Hamas profits by selling supplies at inflated prices, worsening the suffering of ordinary Gazans who are forced to pay steep costs for basic necessities.
It’s an absurd reality that Israel continues to deliver aid to an enemy that exploits it to sustain its war machine. Despite Hamas’s theft and manipulation, humanitarian aid flows through Israeli channels, intended to save lives, yet repeatedly ends up empowering those who seek to destroy Israel. Deniers of Hamas’s aid theft often repeat the claim that “the IDF denies it,” but this comes from a report citing anonymous sources, while the IDF itself has openly confirmed that Hamas steals aid. Some also cite a USAID analysis claiming there is “no evidence of massive Hamas theft,” but they conveniently ignore that this report covers only US aid — which makes up just one-third of all aid entering Gaza.
While Hamas and Palestinian civilians loot aid shipments, they sometimes die in violent clashes—either instigated by Hamas or during fights over supplies. These deaths are then falsely reported by “Gaza’s Health Ministry”—an entity run by Hamas itself—as caused by Israel. The numbers are routinely inflated to serve propaganda purposes. Even more deceitful are the lies blaming deaths at UN aid sites on the aid delivery points operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. This is aimed at shifting blame and shutting down those sites because they bypass Hamas and deliver aid directly to Palestinians, cutting off Hamas’s profit stream.
The pattern is clear: aid trucks arrive, Hamas steals and hoards supplies, people die in violent clashes, Israel gets blamed, and propaganda hides the truth. Hamas uses aid theft as a deliberate tool to maintain power by controlling resources and spreading fear—all while playing the victim. Meanwhile, Israel struggles to save lives as its aid is weaponized against it.
