National Review: “Billions of dollars of aid have flown into Gaza while it has been under Hamas’s control, but instead of going to help alleviate the suffering of its people, the money has been diverted by Hamas to fund its terror operations. The group has dug up water pipes to repurpose them as rockets to fire at Israeli civilians and built an incredibly elaborate series of tunnels that are really more like an underground city. It has fired tens of thousands of rockets at Israel since taking power — launching them from schools, U.N. buildings, and residential areas. The group located its terrorist headquarters underneath a hospital. Hamas dares Israel to either do nothing, and allow Hamas to fire with impunity, or respond and thereby rack up civilian death numbers that drive international pressure on Israel. In spite of this, Israel has for years supplied water and free electricity to Gaza to help make up for the gap created by Hamas’s leadership failures.
Even the New York Times, no friend of Israel, acknowledged that Hamas was hoarding a massive stockpile of supplies while the population it is supposed to govern is scrounging for basics. Specifically, the Times reported that “Hamas has hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel for vehicles and rockets; caches of ammunition, explosives and materials to make more; and stockpiles of food, water and medicine.” The article also quotes a senior Lebanese official as saying the terrorist group “had enough stocked away to keep fighting for three to four months without resupply.” — Read it all
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