EXCLUSIVE: Federal Probe Reveals How Hamas Bullies and Coerces Gaza Aid Groups, Diverts American Aid Dollars to Their War Effort
The United Nations and Hamas have denied repeatedly that Hamas is interfering with Gaza relief efforts: This new investigation says otherwise
Adam Kredo
August 4, 2026
Hamas officials routinely bullied and intimidated employees of U.S.-funded NGOs operating in Gaza in order to control their operations, according to a confidential probe by American investigators that was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The probe reveals that Hamas threatened to sic its fearsome police force on aid workers and even tried to access the NGOs' private employee data as the terror group moved to establish outposts at hospitals and redirect aid to meet its needs.
The June investigatory report by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) inspector general's office, an independent law enforcement entity separate from the largely defunct USAID, provides definitive proof that Hamas is interfering in aid operations and threatening workers on the ground. In one case, Hamas Ministry of Interior personnel "attempted to obtain employee data" from a U.S.-funded NGO and, in another, ordered a humanitarian group "to provide material support to some specific families that they had identified." In the second case, Hamas officials warned that failure to comply with their order would result in "the police" shutting down the group's aid operation.
Hamas's police force is instrumental in repression—maintaining political control and crushing dissent—inside Gaza. The Free Beacon previously reported that the Hamas police installed makeshift torture chambers at Gaza hospitals.
The June 24 report, which was privately transmitted to Congress and obtained exclusively by the Free Beacon, describes a situation on the ground in Gaza that Hamas and its international allies have vehemently denied for years: Aid operations are subject to strict oversight by Hamas personnel who are often stationed at sensitive humanitarian sites, such as hospitals and aid depots. The USAID inspector general obtained clear evidence of "interference by Hamas operating as the de facto authority" during the course of its investigation into the group's activities.
https://freebeacon.com/israel/exclusive-federal-probe-reveals-how-hamas-bullies-and-coerces-gaza-aid-groups-diverts-american-aid-dollars-to-their-war-effort/
