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Aug 10, 2025 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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How did Hamas pay for Oct 7? 🧵

One way is aid diversion, which is still ongoing. Since at least 2007 when the terror group took over Gaza, it has diverted and controlled humanitarian aid – funding tunnels, weapons, and supplies used in the massacre. It works like this ⬇️ Image
Diversion via MoSD:
👉Eur gov’ts (🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇨🇭🇳🇴🇪🇸) fund Gaza programs for cash aid, food vouchers, etc.
👉Money flows through UN agencies (UNICEF, WFP) & NGOs (@mercycorps, @Oxfam).
👉In Gaza, the Hamas-run Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) is a main partner in the process. >> Image
Hamas has controlled MoSD-Gaza for years. In 2019, Hamas politburo member Ghazi Hamad became its head.

MoSD decides who appears on aid lists, giving Hamas power over distribution. >> Image
Important note: Western gov’ts have a “no-contact” policy w/ Hamas. So to operate in Gaza, aid agencies use “workarounds.”

They claim to partner w/ the PA’s MoSD in Ramallah, while in reality the Gaza branch – staffed mostly by Hamas – runs the programs & controls the aid. >> Image
A UN description of a 2022 @mercycorps project shows how it works:
All “unserved or underserved” families were chosen from MoSD lists – meaning Hamas ultimately decides who gets humanitarian funds. >> Image
Hamas also takes a cut.
With Gaza’s banks shut, recipients must cash out aid via Hamas-linked brokers, who charge 20–40% fees.
That’s money skimmed directly from international aid, turned into Hamas revenue. Image
European funding to MoSD-linked programs:
🇪🇺 €16.8M (2023) + €1.93M & €2.2M to UNICEF cash aid
🇫🇷 €8M (2023)
🇪🇸 €1.5M (2023) + €400K (2020) to WFP food vouchers
🇬🇧 amount not disclosed; UNICEF cash aid via MoSD despite Hamas link
🇩🇪 €210,822 (2023) to UNICEF cash aid
🇨🇭 CHF1.5M (2023) to WFP food aid
🇳🇴 $2.85M (2023) to WFP food aid
Read our full report ⬇️
ngo-monitor.org/reports/europe…

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