Israeli officials say inspectors uncovered oxygen concentrators for tunnels used by Palestinian terror groups inside truck carrying aid to Strip

Hamas tried to sneak its fighters out of the Gaza Strip in ambulances that evacuated dozens of wounded Palestinians to Egypt earlier this week, a senior Biden administration official said Friday.

Hamas had compiled a list of the seriously wounded that it wanted to evacuate from Gaza for treatment in Egypt, along with thousands of foreign nationals looking to flee the enclave.

The list was then vetted by Egypt and the United States, which found that a third of the names on it were of Hamas fighters, the administration official said, adding that the list was rejected and none of the 76 wounded Palestinians who were ultimately evacuated in ambulances out of Gaza were members of the terror group.

  • steventhedev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2216·
    1 year ago

    Also trying to smuggle in military supplies in humanitarian aid:

    Meanwhile, two senior Israeli officials told The Times of Israel that Israeli inspectors earlier this week uncovered several oxygen concentrators meant to aerate the tunnels operated by terror organizations in Gaza.

    “These weren’t for use in the hospitals, but below them. That’s why they were smuggled among boxes of cookies,” one of the senior Israeli officials said, adding that the entire truck in which the oxygen concentrators were found was barred from entering Gaza.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
      1912·
      1 year ago

      I mean, how do they know where they’re meant to be used? If Gazans can’t get oxygen concentrators legally they’re very much right to smuggle them.

      • steventhedev@lemmy.worldEnglish
        136·
        1 year ago

        right to smuggle them

        They were told by the US and the UN what types of aid will be allowed in. Smuggling only hurts Gaza from getting the aid it needs.

      • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
        85·
        1 year ago

        That’s how you end up with a blockade and no more aid entering Gaza. Is that what you want for those people?

      • ???@lemmy.worldEnglish
        54·
        1 year ago

        The Israeli source was trying to claim these have no medical use but a quick Google search reveals that indeed they are mostly used for medical reasons and can be found in hospitals or at the homes of patients.