UN barking up the wrong tree
Israel’s military spokesperson Daniel Hagari recounted that Hamas has been stealing fuel from UNRWA, prompting the decision to block the fuel supply to Gaza.
Daily TribuneIsrael’s military spokesperson Daniel Hagari recounted that Hamas has been stealing fuel from UNRWA, prompting the decision to block the fuel supply to Gaza.
Negotiations with the terror group Hamas, the crux of the humanitarian pause being pushed in the Gaza Strip by the United Nations, or UN, are backed by groups with an ax to grind against the United States and Israel.
The UN said the halt in hostilities is needed to bring in aid and provide fuel primarily to run the electricity for hospitals to maintain medical operations.
At the height of the terror attack, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said Hamas bandits ransacked the UN office and carted away provisions, including fuel.
The UN agency, which provides aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and is the only specialized UN agency for a particular group of refugees, warned it would have to halt operations if no fuel was delivered.
The lack of fuel means hospitals and water desalination plants will not function.
While there have been limited deliveries of food, water, and medicines, no fuel has been allowed, as Israel is concerned about Hamas' possible diversion of fuel deliveries.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby described Israel's concerns as legitimate.
A satellite image provided by the Israel Defense Forces showed Hamas owns fuel tanks near the Rafah border crossing, containing 500,000 liters of fuel.
The IDF suggested that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel after it showed the satellite images on social media.
"Ask Hamas if you can have some," the IDF wrote.
Rafah is the main crossing in and out of Gaza that does not border Israel. It has become the focus of efforts to deliver aid since Israel imposed a "total siege" of the enclave in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants on 7 October.
Israel's military spokesperson Daniel Hagari recounted that Hamas has been stealing fuel from UNRWA, prompting the decision to block the fuel supply to Gaza.
"Petrol will not enter Gaza. Hamas takes the petrol for its military infrastructure," he said.
Another IDF spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said the photographs belied Hamas's claims that "it does not have enough fuel to support hospitals and bakeries."
The IDF added: "Hamas-ISIS steals this fuel from civilians and transfers it to its tunnels, rocket launchers, and leaders. This is what Hamas's list of priorities looks like."
Hamas propaganda said that a power outage at the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip was a "crime against humanity" and called on Arab and Muslim countries and the UN to address the crisis.
A power outage hit the hospital on Monday night due to a fuel shortage.
It was news network Al Jazeera which reported that electricity was restored during the night, but the hospital only had fuel to operate generators for 48 more hours, after which lifesaving medical devices such as respirators and incubators would cease functioning.
The fuel supply from Israel was halted after the 7 October terror assault. Under the cover of a barrage of thousands of rockets, over 2,500 gunmen crossed the border and rampaged murderously through southern Israeli towns, killing more than 1,400, most of whom were civilians. More than 220 were taken hostage.
Now, Hamas is trying to deceive the world by crying in violation of human rights with the denial of fuel to the territory it controls.
The outrageous twist Hamas applies to the atrocities it initiated then is swallowed lock, stock and barrel by the UN, which is pounding on Israel for a humanitarian pause.
"Residents of Gaza, the address for your complaints is not Israel. It's Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif, and other Hamas-ISIS members who pushed Gaza into this abyss," according to the IDF.
The IDF has disputed the so-called humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip that the UN and Hamas are peddling.
"As of now, I can tell you that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza. There are hardships in moving people within days to the south of the Gaza Strip, but the population is getting along," an IDF official said.
Another indicator that the terror organization controlling Gaza has little concern for the civilians is their obstructing the movement of the Gaza residents south as Israel had directed to the extent of confiscating the car keys of individuals.
Hamas is the source of the crisis that the UN said should be solved, which is precisely what Israel is trying to do in committing to wipe out the terror group from the planet.
