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muriel_volestrangler

(104,864 posts) Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:43 AM Jul 25

USAID analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid

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 “no reports alleging Hamas” benefited from U.S.-funded supplies, according to a slide presentation of the findings seen by Reuters.

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."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/usaid-analysis-found-no-evidence-massive-hamas-theft-gaza-aid-2025-07-25/

But that's OK, they abolished USAID, so there won't be more inconvenient truths like that emerging from the USA. That leaves the GHF clear to act as the bait in the trap for target practice on starving civilians.

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USAID analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jul 25 OP

flies in the face ... (of what even Palestinian sources routinely reported) stopdiggin Jul 25 #1

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say Celerity Jul 27 #2

stopdiggin

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1. flies in the face ... (of what even Palestinian sources routinely reported)

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 12:09 PM

Jul 25

So ... Either scrubbing - cherry picking - willful blindness - or rank ineptitude .. ?

Celerity

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2. No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 01:15 PM

Jul 27

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

https://archive.ph/ikwbQ

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 Gaza’s desperate and hungry population. Now, with hunger at crisis levels in the territory, Israel is coming under increased international pressure over its conduct of the war in Gaza and the humanitarian suffering it has brought. Doctors in the territory say that an increasing number of their patients are suffering from — and dying of — starvation.

More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups warned this past week of “mass starvation” and implored Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian assistance. The European Union and at least 28 governments, including Israeli allies like Britain, France and Canada, issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s “drip-feeding of aid” to Gaza’s two million Palestinian residents. Israel has largely brushed off the criticism. David Mencer, a government spokesman, said this week that there was “no famine caused by Israel.” Instead, he blamed Hamas and poor coordination by the United Nations for any food shortages.

On Saturday night, however, the Israeli military announced that it would revive the practice of dropping aid from airplanes, and make it easier for aid convoys to move through Gaza along “designated humanitarian corridors.” The announcement did not detail how either mechanism would work or how they would differ from prior approaches. Israel already allows aid convoys to travel along designated routes through Gaza, but aid agencies say they are badly coordinated, reducing their effectiveness.

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