Israel has long restricted aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population. On Saturday, the Israeli military announced new airdrops of aid.

IDF International Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani dismissed the report as “fake news. ” Anonymous IDF officials claimed there was no evidence to suggest thatHamas routinely stole humanitarian aid,

The study's acknowledgment of severe limitations, combined with extensive documentation of Hamas aid diversion from multiple sources, raises serious questions about the reliability of its findings. A deeply flawed US government analysis,