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    Das geheime System Hamas verwendet die Zahlung der staatlichen Gehälter

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    1. Interesting-Spot8013 on

      Couple of most important points:

      > One senior Hamas employee, who served in high positions and is familiar with Hamas’s financial operations, told the BBC that the group had stockpiled approximately $700m in cash and hundreds of millions of shekels in underground tunnels prior to the group’s deadly 7 October 2023 attack in southern Israel

      > In order to generate revenue during the war, Hamas has also continued to levy taxes on traders and has sold large quantities of cigarettes at inflated prices up to 100 times their original cost. 

      > In addition to cash payments, Hamas has distributed food parcels to its members and their families via local emergency committees whose leadership is frequently rotated due to repeated Israeli strikes.  Israel has accused Hamas of stealing aid that has entered Gaza during the ceasefire earlier this year, something Hamas denies. However BBC sources in Gaza have said that significant quantities of aid were taken by Hamas during this time.

      I believe this is the first time the BBC has finally confirmed Israel’s accusations that Hamas takes control of humanitarian aid, using it as power and leverage to keep the population in line. BBC and other western media sites have been denying this for almost 2 years now. 

    3. Numerous-Bike-4951 on

      Who’s Hamas ?its Been a minute since I heard that name in western media.

    4. ImaginaryBridge on

      > Severe food shortages – which aid agencies blame on Israeli restrictions…

      As much as I appreciate seeing a BBC story like this, just once I would love for the BBC to write a sentence like this where they don’t omit the other point of view.

      How hard is it for an editor to ask their journalist to add “and which Israeli officials blame on aid agencies insisting Hamas be involved in the conventional distribution pipeline”…?

      It is journalism ethics 101 to write “While side A says X, side B says Y…”

    5. arabsandals on

      So. Let me make sure I have this straight. Israel is in de facto control of Gaza and has been for decades. They are saying that Hamas is stealing the aid (which is needed because of Israeli control). Because of the theft Israel is making sure that even less aid goes into the already starving Palestinians by a full blockade and then only permitting a fraction of shipments to limited locations. Oh and before I forget, it’s Israel’s official position that there is in fact no famine in Gaza. Is that about right?

    6. BigShoe8216 on

      Palestinians caught in the middle allowed themselves to be ruled by Hamas so not without guilt.

    7. BestEverDeathMetal on

      I read the whole thing only to be very disappointed that the „secret system“ was just. Envelopes of cash at drop-points. I thought it would be something cooler. Still, an interesting read. I don’t know why anyone would be shocked at the wartime supply racketeering, but depending what parts of the Internet you’re on they think Hamas are all reincarnations of Mother Teresa.

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