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Palestinians Shocked U.S. Aid is Free, After Being Charged by Hamas for U.N. Aid

Palestinians picking up food packages from the Trump administration-backed American alternative to the United Nations in Gaza were reportedly shocked the aid was free, having become used to being charged for it.

The new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was launched to provide an alternative to the UN, which either fails to deliver trucks of aid or allegedly lets Hamas steal the supplies.

Hamas then keeps the aid (especially fuel) for itself, sells the aid on the black market, or makes Palestinians pay inflated prices for it.

Receiving free aid was a new phenomenon: one man who picked up a food box asked four or five times if the food was really free. It illuminated their perspective on aid and the aid distribution they had experienced in the past. Videos of Gazans waiting in line to receive food boxes show people waving and cheering.

Critics of Israel condemned the American operation, which is designed to enable Israel to undermine Hamas’ authority in Gaza while the Israel Defense Forces continues clearing out the terrorist group. (BB/VFI News)

“He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.” — Proverbs 14:31