"If Hamas in any way blocks humanitarian assistance from reaching civilians, including by seizing the aid itself, we'll be the first to condemn it. And we will work to prevent it from happening again," Secretary of State Blinken pledged.
In late December, an UNRWA official claimed that, "There's no hijacking of our supplies by Hamas." The official then argued that accusations that Hamas was taking aid were a "Disinformation campaign" which was "Aimed at the very agency trying to help people." These kinds of lies go through three stages.
How dare you prevent it from happening There are numberless examples in the political arena, but we've now reached stage 3 in the Hamas aid lie.
Armed gangs? A Total breakdown of law and order? Who exactly do U.S. officials think Hamas is? Months after the administration lied to our faces and told us over and over again that Hamas would never get the aid, that they won't put up with it if they do, they redefine Hamas terrorists as members of the local police who are just providing an "Escort" for aid trucks and killing them will lead to a "Total breakdown of law and order".
Hamas, much like the Houthis and the Taliban, appropriate aid, resell it and deliberately cause famines in order to profit from them, politically and financially.
Biden administration officials raised their concerns with their Israeli counterparts and asked that Israel stop targeting the Hamas civilian police as long there is no alternative that could provide security to the aid trucks, Israeli and U.S. officials said.
Israel rebuffed the request because one of its goals in the war is to ensure that Hamas no longer runs Gaza, two Israeli officials said.
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