The IDF has revealed a recorded call where a Gazan resident testifies that Hamas has attempted to disrupt aid deliveries to a COGAT officer.

The people who fired at civilians attempting to disrupt the distribution of aid were members of Hamas, a Gaza resident told a Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories officer in new recordings revealed by the IDF on Thursday. “They don’t want the people to receive aid, they want to foil the plan so that the aid will go to them, allowing them to steal it. They’ve gone completely bankrupt,” the Gazan resident said.

Residents further testified that Hamas has been “taking various actions to prevent Gazans from receiving humanitarian aid, including firing at IDF troops near distribution points and spreading false claims about mass casualties near those areas.”

“There were injured people, yes, seven, maybe eight dead. Not 30, and not 50,” the resident told the COGAT officer, adding that this was not the first time Hamas terrorists attempted to sabotage aid deliveries.