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(51,859 posts)
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:27 PM Nov 2025

US military publishes drone video of Hamas looting aid truck in Gaza

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) published a drone video over the weekend showing what it said were suspected Hamas operatives looting an aid truck in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.

The incident occurred while US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, was in Israel as an official guest of IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir.

In a statement, CENTCOM said the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) — which is based in southern Israel’s Kiryat Gat — “observed suspected Hamas operatives looting an aid truck traveling as part of a humanitarian convoy delivering needed assistance from international partners to Gazans in northern Khan Younis.”

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The CMCC was alerted to the incident through video surveillance from an American MQ-9 drone flying over Gaza as part of monitoring the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-military-publishes-drone-video-of-hamas-looting-aid-truck-in-gaza/

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stopdiggin

(15,171 posts)
2. the only people DENYING this stuff is going on ...
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:33 PM
Nov 2025

Is Hamas - and those that make a full time job out of apologizing ... (or offering whataboutisms)

snot

(11,586 posts)
3. "Suspected" -- by whom? And worse, bear in mind:
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:46 PM
Nov 2025

"A Sky News investigation has uncovered new details about Israel’s support for a Palestinian rebel group with extremist ties and a history of looting aid trucks." -- https://news.sky.com/story/guns-cash-and-american-aid-investigation-reveals-israels-support-for-gaza-militia-13442260 .

"Israel is supporting armed groups of Palestinians in Gaza in what it says is a move to counter Hamas. But officials from the U.N. and aid organizations say the military is allowing them to loot food and other supplies from their trucks." -- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/israel-gaza-palestinians-aid-workers-benjamin-netanyahu-b2765690.html .

"Israeli officials have acknowledged supporting an armed group opposed to Hamas in Gaza after opposition lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government was arming "criminals and felons". International humanitarian officials have accused the group...of looting aid trucks in the war-torn territory." -- https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250607-israel-admits-support-anti-hamas-armed-group-accused-looting-gaza-aid-bedouin-abu-shabab .

Those were just the first 3 that turned up with a quick search.

Klarkashton

(5,034 posts)
5. Pretty convenient that they had that drone footage
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:52 PM
Nov 2025

On hand at the IDF meeting. Drone footage is great since you make up any narrative you would like.

Mosby

(19,335 posts)
7. Hamas stealing aid over and over again has been documented
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 12:20 PM
Nov 2025

Many times. Hamas has been filmed assassinating rivals, they have been filmed torturing Gazans.

Rob H.

(5,799 posts)
8. Thanks for the links
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 01:32 PM
Nov 2025

The Times of Israel is right up there with FoxNews in terms of credibility. It’s a shame that so many people uncritically share their articles here.

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