Israel on Tuesday released new recordings of conversations with Gazans, describing how Hamas has been shooting civilians and blaming Israeli troops. The terrorist group is using the murderous ploy to prevent Gaza residents from receiving humanitarian aid.
The testimonies were collected from Gazans receiving aid from U.S.-sponsored distribution centers. The audio recordings show that Hamas has been spreading rumors, inflating casualty figures, and circulating fake footage — all in a depraved bid to disrupt the distribution of aid and create a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
“They testified about how the terrorist organization Hamas carries out acts of terror, influence, and psychological operations against the residents, with the aim of sabotaging the distribution of food packages at the distribution centers,” Israel’s i24NEWS TV reported Tuesday.
“In the recordings, residents who spoke with an IDF officer testify that the Hamas terrorist organization is shooting at Gaza residents near the compounds, spreading false claims about IDF fire, publishing false data about many casualties, and distributing fabricated footage,” the TV channel added.
The fresh evidence comes to light as mainstream media continues to churn out false stories blaming Israeli troops for the death of Gazans who turn to receive humanitarian aid from U.S.-sponsored distribution centers.
The Israel National News reported:
The IDF spokesman released recordings of conversations between an ISA officer and Gaza residents who were in the centers of humanitarian aid distribution that attested that Hamas had shot at the residents and robbed them of the aid they had received.”That’s how Hamas operates,” said one of the men who spoke with the Israeli officer. “They deliberately shoot at the people. Whoever is dealing with the people there are thieves. They want to show the people that the army will shoot at them and that no one will go there.””Those who go to take the aid are set upon by bandits. They shot at some people, they rob people of the aid,” said a second man, who also claimed that Hamas was distorting the death toll.Five Palestinian employees of the GHF, the organization that operates the distribution centers in Gaza, were killed in a Hamas attack on their bus in June. “The staff were brutally attacked by Hamas. There are many wounded, and we think that some of our staff have been taken hostage.”According to the foundation’s employees, the attack took place last night around 10 p.m., when a bus carrying more than 20 local Palestinian Arab staff members who were working alongside the American staffers passed by on its way to a distribution center in the Khan Yunis area.
These stories, smearing the IDF and relying on claims made by the Hamas-controlled ‘Health Ministry,’ began when the U.S.-sponsored Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) launched its humanitarian mission in late May. Protected by private U.S. security firms, the foundation opened several distribution centers across Gaza. Since the operation began, the GHF has been providing millions of meals to Gaza every day.
The distribution network was set up to provide direct aid to Gaza residents and to bypass Hamas. The Gaza-based terrorist group has been siphoning off incoming food and fuel supplies to sell them on the black market to finance its terrorist operations.
Rattled by Gazans receiving aid directly from the U.S.-backed mission, Hamas issued repeated threats to harm GHF staffers and civilians seeking aid. On June 11, the terrorist group ambushed a bus carrying GHF aid workers, killing eight of them.
Amid reports of IDF intensifying its ground operations in Gaza, Israeli troops destroyed a 3 km-long Hamas terror tunnel network in the Khan Younis area.
The IDF released a statement, disclosing that its “troops dismantled approximately 3 kilometers of branched underground tunnel routes that were used by the terrorists for carrying out terrorist activities.”
“In one of the largest tunnel discoveries in recent weeks, IDF Paratroopers operating in Khan Younis have dismantled a sprawling underground network used by terror operatives in the southern Gaza Strip,” The Times of Israel reported, citing military sources.
“The troops uncovered roughly three kilometers of interconnected tunnels, used by terror groups to stage attacks, store weapons, and move undetected. The operation was carried out in coordination with the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit,” the news website added.
The Israeli armed forces continued hitting Hamas terror targets from the air and the sea. “Over the past day, the Israeli Air Force struck over 140 terror targets in the Gaza Strip to support ground forces,” the IDF announced Thursday afternoon. “Targets struck included terrorists, military structures, anti-tank missile launch posts that posed a threat to the troops, weapons storage facilities, and additional terrorist infrastructure.”
“In addition, a number of naval vessels struck several terror targets and terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip,” the IDF disclosed.
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