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Steven Emerson,
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March 5, 2018
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Hamas
Continues to Steal Energy From Gaza's Residents
by IPT News • Mar 5, 2018 at 2:07
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Hamas was caught stealing electricity from a Gaza power line intended
for civilian use amid reports of financial and humanitarian crises,
according to a video released by Israel's military liaison to the
Palestinians.
Maj-Gen. Yoav Mordechai posted the video on Sunday showing Hamas members
attaching cables to electrical wires and illegally diverting electricity for their own terrorist
purposes.
Israeli military surveillance cameras captured the footage a day earlier
near Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
"The Hamas terror group continues stealing from the people of
Gaza," Mordechai wrote in Arabic on his Facebook page adding:
"this power was intended for hospitals and schools, but Hamas is
uninterested in the populace and even exploits it. Watch the daylight
robbery."
Mordechai also accused Hamas of stealing and re-selling fuel delivered
to Gaza for economic gain.
Western media outlets have been recently focusing on a
"humanitarian" and "financial" crisis in Gaza Strip – often blaming Israel or internal Palestinian rifts. But a
major, and overlooked, factor behind the Palestinian territory's woes is
Hamas itself. The terrorist organization and rulers of the Gaza Strip often
re-route humanitarian goods and energy intended for civilians to fuel its
militant ambitions.
Immediately after the 2014 summer war with Israel, Hamas began diverting cement and construction material meant for
civilian rebuilding efforts.
The terrorist group, along with other Palestinian militant
organizations, continue to invest heavily in offensive tunnels used for smuggling and to plot
attacks inside Israel.
It seems that there is nothing Hamas won't do to enrich itself. It
systematically exploits charities worldwide to finance its terrorist infrastructure at the expense of
needy civilians.
In 2016, Shin Bet revealed that Hamas diverted "tens of millions of dollars" from World
Vision, a U.S.-based Christian charity. Hamas reportedly siphoned 60 percent of the charity's resources in Gaza
to reconstruct Hamas' tunnel network and military installations, in
addition to buying weapons intended to kill Israelis. This amount
translated to roughly $7.2 million per year.
Hamas operatives even falsely listed their children as injured to
collect money intended to help children in Gaza who were actually wounded.
In this backdrop, it should be no surprise that Hamas steals basic
necessities from its own people.
Siphoning electricity from Gaza's residents is just one of so many
episodes reaffirming the terrorist group's priority fighting Israel over
the well-being of its own citizens and societal development.
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