PA accuses Hamas of stealing humanitarian aid
“Senior officials in the [PA] Ministry of Social Affairs have disclosed that various influential people have made several attempts to take over the [humanitarian] aid and distribute it in Gaza according to [their] political and factional whims…
[Ayman ] Sawalha [from the PA Ministry of Social Affairs in Ramallah] disclosed: ‘We [sent] 6,000 mattresses to Gaza, and people from Hamas appropriated them. They distributed a third to shelters and a third to acquaintances. The remaining third was kept in a mosque that was later bombed, and they were completely burned as a result.’…
District Governor of Rafah Ahmed Nasr accused Hamas of taking over the [distribution of the] aid. He said: ‘Hamas does not recognize our role, and at present we, the district governors, have not distributed anything. We’ve had to content ourselves with assessing the damage in order to assist the displaced in the future.’…
Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in Ramallah Muhammad Abu Hmeid… noted: ‘Despite the extensive aid, complaints have been reaching us that it is not reaching those entitled to it.’ He added: ‘Hamas wishes to distribute the aid as it sees fit and without supervision.’”
[Ayman ] Sawalha [from the PA Ministry of Social Affairs in Ramallah] disclosed: ‘We [sent] 6,000 mattresses to Gaza, and people from Hamas appropriated them. They distributed a third to shelters and a third to acquaintances. The remaining third was kept in a mosque that was later bombed, and they were completely burned as a result.’…
District Governor of Rafah Ahmed Nasr accused Hamas of taking over the [distribution of the] aid. He said: ‘Hamas does not recognize our role, and at present we, the district governors, have not distributed anything. We’ve had to content ourselves with assessing the damage in order to assist the displaced in the future.’…
Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in Ramallah Muhammad Abu Hmeid… noted: ‘Despite the extensive aid, complaints have been reaching us that it is not reaching those entitled to it.’ He added: ‘Hamas wishes to distribute the aid as it sees fit and without supervision.’”