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From <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html>:

For nearly two years, Israel has accused Hamas of stealing aid
provided by the United Nations and other international
organizations. The government has used that claim as its main
rationale for restricting food from entering Gaza.

But the Israeli military never found proof that the Palestinian
militant group had systematically stolen aid from the United
Nations, the biggest supplier of emergency assistance to Gaza for
most of the war, according to two senior Israeli military
officials and two other Israelis involved in the matter.

In fact, the Israeli military officials said, the U.N. aid
delivery system, which Israel derided and undermined, was largely
effective in providing food to GazarCOs desperate and hungry
population.

...

The military officials who spoke to The New York Times said that
the original U.N. aid operation was relatively reliable and less
vulnerable to Hamas interference than the operations of many of
the other groups bringing aid into Gaza. ThatrCOs largely because
the United Nations managed its own supply chain and handled
distribution directly inside Gaza.

Hamas did steal from some of the smaller organizations that
donated aid, as those groups were not always on the ground to
oversee distribution, according to the senior Israeli officials
and others involved in the matter. But, they say, there was no
evidence that Hamas regularly stole from the United Nations, which
provided the largest chunk of the aid.

An internal U.S. government analysis came to a similar conclusion,
Reuters reported on Friday.
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2025 22:04:24 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

From <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html>:

An internal U.S. government analysis came to a similar conclusion,
Reuters reported on Friday.

That Reuters report is here <https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/usaid-analysis-found-no-evidence-massive-hamas-theft-gaza-aid-2025-07-25/>:

An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of
systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of
U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale
that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid
operation.

The analysis, which has not been previously reported, was
conducted by a bureau within the U.S. Agency for International
Development and completed in late June. It examined 156 incidents
of theft or loss of U.S.-funded supplies reported by U.S. aid
partner organizations between October 2023 and this May.

It found rCLno reports alleging HamasrCY benefited from U.S.-funded
supplies, according to a slide presentation of the findings seen
by Reuters.

In response to which:

A State Department spokesperson disputed the findings, saying
there is video evidence of Hamas looting aid, but provided no such
videos. The spokesperson also accused traditional humanitarian
groups of covering up "aid corruption."

A White House spokesperson, Anna Kelly, questioned the existence
of the analysis, saying no State Department official had seen it
and that it "was likely produced by a deep state operative"
seeking to discredit President Donald Trump's "humanitarian
agenda."

But then, they would say that, wouldnrCOt they.
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Hamas still murdering by starvation
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How Much Humanitarian Aid Is Hamas Stealing? Americans Paying For It Deserve To Know
https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2024/10/08/how_much_humanitarian_aid_is_hamas_stealing_americans_paying_for_it_deserve_to_know_1063704.html

"Arab, Western officials agree Hamas is keeping Gaza food, fuel for itself - NY Times"

"Hamas Terrorists Steal Humanitarian Aid, Beat Civilians"

"Gazans to IDF: Hamas steals UNRWA food, kills civilians who ask for aid"

"As Gazans Scrounge for Food and Water, Hamas Sits on a Rich Trove of Supplies"

etc. etc. etc.

Nothing new here, of course.

Hamas stealing Gaza aid, food -- already in 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7875171.stm
The UN aid agency in Gaza says it has suspended all aid shipments, accusing
the Hamas government of seizing hundreds of tonnes of food supplies.

It was the second incident in three days. On Tuesday, 3,500 blankets and more than 400 food parcels were seized at gunpoint from a distribution centre in Gaza, the UN said.

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