#GazaDeclassified

Explore the web of relationships between leading humanitarian organizations and terror groups in Gaza

Since seizing control of Gaza in 2007, the Hamas terror group has exploited NGOs to tighten its grip on the enclave. Now, declassified internal Hamas documents reveal the extent of Hamas’ infiltration and subordination of humanitarian organizations for a terror agenda – and that all too many NGOs cooperated with this surveillance, obstruction and hijacking of aid.

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Hamas constant surveillance

Hamas required that each NGO install a liaison at a senior level to report to the terror group. By closely scrutinizing their personal lives, it was able to monitor, control, and dictate the operations of dozens of NGOs. Yet, these groups never acknowledged this infiltration that irrecoverably compromised their humanitarian work.

Hamas Exploiting Hospitals​

Docs depict Hamas’ systematic use of hospitals as military bases, its resulting interference in medical NGOs’ lifesaving work, and the stunning silence from MSF, ICRC and other groups in the face of this deadly abuse

Hamas Praises EU Representative in Internal Documents

Internal Hamas documents reveal a European diplomat’s undermining of EU regulations in service of the terror group’s violent anti-Israel agenda.

UK coordination with Hamas

Following Hamas’ designation as a terror organization by the UK, UK diplomats and UK-funded NGOs met Hamas officials to reassure them that UK funding to Hamas-affiliated groups and programs would continue..

Hamas' Exploitation of French-Supported NGO Activity in Gaza

Internal Hamas documentation cited in the NGO Monitor report indicates that French-funded humanitarian programming in Gaza operated within Hamas-administered beneficiary and security vetting systems, raising concerns that aid delivery was embedded in governance structures controlled by the organisation.

 
 

German Financing of NGO Operations in Hamas-Controlled Gaza

German-funded NGOs in Gaza operated within a system tightly controlled by Hamas, which infiltrated NGO structures, dictated beneficiaries, and diverted humanitarian aid.

Dutch Support for NGO Programs in Hamas-Controlled Gaza

Hamas documents expose systematic control, coercion, and manipulation of Dutch-funded NGOs operating in Gaza

Hamas’ Manipulation of Canadian-Funded NGOs in Gaza

Canadian-supported NGOs operating in Gaza functioned within an environment heavily regulated by Hamas, which exerted influence over NGO structures, shaped beneficiary selection processes, and redirected humanitarian assistance.

Hamas Influence over EU-Supported NGO Activities in Gaza

Hamas-related documents indicate that EU-funded humanitarian programming in Gaza operated within Hamas-controlled administrative and security frameworks, raising concerns about beneficiary vetting processes and potential diversion of aid through those systems.

Hamas’ World Vision Operative and the Campaign to Obstruct His Trial

Documents demonstrate that international NGO World Vision’s former director of Gaza operations, Mohammed el Halabi – who was convicted by Israel for diverting aid to Hamas – was an operative for the terror group.

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