Humanitarian aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip are regularly looted by Hamas terrorists.

By Hezy Laing

Yesterday the IDF identified a Hamas launch from the Khan Younis area towards the area where aid distribution complexes are located in Rafiah.

The missile landed approximately 250 meters from the aid distribution complex.

Despite the attack, the distribution center reopened Thursday morning as scheduled, and tens of thousands of food parcels were delivered to local families in coordination with international NGOs and a U.S.-based logistics company.

The IDF has accused Hamas and other terrorist factions of deliberately targeting and attempting to disrupt humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip, calling the launch a “systematic and brutal effort” to undermine international aid work.

Humanitarian aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip are regularly looted by both Hamas, with often as much as half of the cargo being stolen.

The armed looters block the roads, ambush the trucks, and seize the cargo.

The aid is sold to local traders, who then resell it to civilians at high prices.

Hamas uses the funds it makes from the stolen aid to pay its fighters, buy armaments and fund its operations against the IDF.