Israel's military suggested on Tuesday that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel supplies after the U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip warned it would have to halt operations on Wednesday night if no fuel was delivered.

Israel’s military suggested on Tuesday that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel supplies after the U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip warned it would have to halt operations on Wednesday night if no fuel was delivered.

The agency, known as UNRWA, posted its warning on social media on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces reposted it and said that Hamas militants have more than 500,000 litres of fuel in tanks inside besieged Gaza.

“Ask Hamas if you can have some,” the IDF wrote.

  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1524·
    1 year ago

    Hamas is literally the government in Gaza. It’s not a joke so much as them sugg sting that they rely on their government for it’s specific purpose.

    Hamas has stockpiled reserves of supplies, but they keep them from the citizens. This isn’t even counting their money, which could be used to provide aid for their citizens instead of wealth and weapons for themselves.

    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1319·
      1 year ago

      I think this is the key thing that makes me side with Israel. There is soo much “Israel this, illegal blockade that” when the literal Palestinian government has things they are holding from their citizens. That is an internal government decision.

      • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        118·
        1 year ago

        Hamas is, at the end of the day, an organization dedicated to making martyrs of their people first and providing for them second.

        This isn’t speculation or opinion - this is their official stance

        • iegod@lemm.eeEnglish
          25·
          1 year ago

          I love how easy it is for you to be onkwith this because you’ve been told they do in fact have a government. But they don’t. Not really. A 45 square km patch, 2M total pop, with 50% being literal kids.

          But yes they’re just as organized ,capable and sustained as other large western nations. They must be bombed, surely!

          • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
            71·
            1 year ago

            They do literally have a government. Did you really think they don’t? They even had elections until Hamas stopped those.

            • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
              23·
              1 year ago

              I mean, yes, Gaza was part of a sort of but not really a state (more of a Bantustan really) at the time. Now it’s an actual, honest to God ghetto.

            • iegod@lemm.eeEnglish
              24·
              1 year ago

              Yeah man we had elections at my high school too, they really amounted to a lot.

              • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                42·
                1 year ago

                I’m glad Hamas wasn’t in your high school, canceling elections.

                If you think Gaza doesn’t have a government then you are just factually incorrect and idk what else to tell you.

                It’s like if you came on here and acted confidently aloof about saying that Mars is blue. You’re just wrong on a very basic level.

          • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Sounds like the kind of place that needs another country to come in before they get radicalized and do something stupid.