Hamas stole tents and other aid intended for Gazans, Fatah reveals
While international attention almost solely focuses on condemning Israel for the ongoing humanitarian crisis and shortage of tents for Gazans, the Fatah Movement has exposed that it is Hamas that deliberately obstructs national relief efforts in Gaza. Hamas is actively preventing aid from reaching Gazans, while attempting to evade responsibility for the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
According to Fatah, Hamas is misleading public opinion by blaming the PA for "negligence" in alleviating suffering in the Gaza Strip, while Hamas simultaneously summons PA Ministry of Labor and relief agency employees, forcing them to sign commitments barring them from carrying out their humanitarian duties. (See full report below.)
Fatah also disclosed that rains are falling, and the tents meant to protect Gaza citizens were confiscated by Hamas, preventing PA and Fatah employees from distributing them:
Fatah official Spokesman Abd Al-Fattah Doleh: "What is the priority of the Palestinian leadership today? To rescue our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip from the distress they are living in, to restore life to the Gaza Strip and to rehabilitate it... But we (i.e., the PA) are prevented [from acting] due to [Hamas'] control... Yesterday, the personnel of our Palestinian government offices in Gaza were supposed to provide tents to our people. Hamas' forces chased them, confiscated the tents, and prevented them from distributing them. That is, even the simplest thing we have in our hands we cannot provide."
[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, Nov. 11, 2026]
A few days ago, another Fatah spokesman reposted the testimony of a woman from Gaza, who during Hamas' Oct. 7 war against Israel explained that Hamas shot at the humanitarian aid transports and stole the aid for themselves:
Reporter: "The situation is difficult, no aid is coming in [to Gaza]."
Gaza resident: "All the [humanitarian] aid went underground. The aid does not reach the entire people. I'm from Gaza and all the aid comes in our name. I am speaking up, I am not afraid of them [Hamas]...
Reporter: "A little aid arrives and they [Hamas] claim they distribute it."
Gaza resident: It all goes to their [own] homes. Hamas takes it, shoots, and they do with it what they want."
Text on screen: "Palestinian Gaza resident: 'Hamas steals the aid and takes it to the tunnels and their homes.'"
Posted text: "The citizens in Gaza know who stole the aid"
[Fatah Spokesman in Europe Dr. Jamal Nazzal, Facebook page,
Nov. 10, 2026]
Similarly, Palestinian Media Watch recently exposed that Palestinian sources have exposed that Hamas rules in Al-Shifa Hospital, attacks and beats women, and misuses hospitals and relief centers to interrogate and torture Gazan civilians.
The following is the post by Fatah accusing Hamas of deliberately preventing Gaza citizens from getting the humanitarian assistance they need:
Posted text: "Fatah Movement: Hamas' accusations against the PA of negligence in Gaza contradict its [own] actions on the ground and reveal the extent of misleading public opinion
The Fatah Movement condemned the continued accusations by the Hamas movement against the PA and the fact that it blamed it for negligence and lack of intervention to save the citizens in the Gaza Strip and alleviate their suffering. This, while employees of the [PA] Ministry of Labor and relief agencies are summoned [for investigation] and required to sign commitments that prevent them from performing their professional and humanitarian duties in serving our people.
This blatant contradiction [by Hamas] between words and actions constitutes a misleading of public opinion and an attempt to evade responsibility for disrupting national relief efforts, raising serious questions about their [Hamas'] true standpoint on allowing Palestinian national institutions to fulfill their duties in the Gaza Strip.
The Fatah Movement emphasizes that the demand [by Hamas] for the PA to intervene and bear its responsibility does not align with placing obstacles in front of its employees and institutions and preventing them from fulfilling their humanitarian and national duty. Those who want to save the [Gaza] citizens should open the door to every national effort, not disrupt or limit it."
[Fatah Information and Culture Commission, Facebook page,
Nov. 9, 2026]