USAID analysis found no evidence of huge Hamas theft of Gaza aid
An internal US government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian group Hamas of US-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the US give for backing a new, armed private aid operation.
The analysis, which has not been previously reported, was conducted by a bureau within the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and completed in late June.
It examined 156 incidents of theft or loss of US-funded supplies reported by US aid partner organisations between October 2023 and this May.
The agency found “no reports alleging Hamas” benefitted from US-funded supplies, according to a slide presentation of the findings seen by the Reuters news agency.
The findings were shared with the USAID’s inspector general’s office and State Department officials involved in Middle East policy, said two sources familiar with the matter, and come as dire food shortages deepen in the devastated enclave.
People make their way along al-Rashid Street in western Jabalia on July 22, 2025, after receiving humanitarian aid from an aid distribution point in the northern Gaza Strip
USAID won't be making those assessments anymore, cancelled.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/07/22/billions-of-usaid-aid-have-been-officially-canceled_6743590_4.html
Congress finalized the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a move initiated by Donald Trump as soon as he took office in January. Only PEPFAR, the HIV/AIDS relief program, was narrowly spared.
US lawmakers have just reclaimed $9 billion that had already been allocated to humanitarian organizations, a move that has not occurred since 1999. By using the rare legislative process known as "rescission" (cancellation), both the House of Representatives and the Senate have written into law the international aid budget cuts that had been decided upon by Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk following Trump's arrival in office in January.
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The vote, finalized in the Senate on July 17, officially marks the end of USAID, the United States Agency for International Development, which was Trump's first target upon entering the White House.
Number of journalists killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza rises to 232: Media Office
Gaza’s Government Media Office has announced the killing of photojournalist Adam Abu Harbid, raising the journalist death toll during Israel’s war on Gaza to 232.
“The Government Media Office condemns in the strongest terms the systematic targeting, killing, and assassination of Palestinian journalists by the ‘Israeli’ occupation,” the statement published overnight on Telegram said.
“We call on the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Arab Journalists, and all journalistic bodies worldwide to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip.”
