We keep hearing about how Gaza is running out of fuel, water, and food, and blame is put on Israel’s siege of the Strip. But though supplies of food arriving to Gaza have decreased after October 7, Gaza has never been close to running out, even though the Palestinians keep insisting that “we don’t have more than two or three days left of food.” They say this every day, and yet every day there still seems to be enough food in Gaza. And now that Israel has softened its siege, the convoys of trucks full of food have been entering through the Rafah Crossing, replenishing the food supplies; these convoys and will continue indefinitely. Israel has raised no objection to these truckloads of food and other supplies. As for the claim that Gaza is “running out of water,” this is nonsense. Before the war, Gaza received only 7% of its water from Israel, so that Israel could not possibly have “cut off” all of Gaza’s water.
Finally, the Palestinians and the NGOs that parrot their lies claim that the Gazans are “running out of fuel” that they need to run their hospital generators, that “people will die” if fuel is not supplied to the hospitals. Fuel is also needed for the desalination plants that supply much of Gaza’s water. What the world does not know is that there is plenty of fuel In Gaza, in the possession of Hamas, that refuses to release any to the hospitals or for any other civilian use. More on Hamas’ half-million liters of fuel that it Is keeping for war-making purposes, rather than providing it to help the people of Gaza, including hospital patients, can be found here: “Israeli Military Says Hamas Stockpiling 500,000 Liters of Fuel While Aid Agencies Decry Shortage,” by Andrew Bernard, Algemeiner, October 24, 2023:
Israel on Tuesday released satellite images depicting what it described as stockpiles of half a million liters of diesel fuel controlled by Hamas as UN agencies claimed that their operations were on the verge of ceasing for lack of power.
“There’s fuel in Gaza to run hospitals and pump water,” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Conricus posted on X/Twitter. “But Hamas prefers to use the fuel to continue fighting Israel. All those who claim otherwise are whitewashing Hamas crimes against their own.”
Conricus shared a post from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), a unit in the Israeli Defense Ministry, showing the purported fuel tanks.
The IDF also posted a similar message from its own X/Twitter account showing fuel tanks in Hamas-controlled Gaza, suggesting the UN ask the Palestinian terrorist group for the fuel it needs….
“Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning hospitals and bakeries,” UNRWA said in a statement. “Without fuel, aid will not reach those in desperate need. Without fuel, there will be no humanitarian assistance. No fuel will further strangle the children, women, and people of Gaza … Without fuel, we will fail the people of Gaza whose needs are growing by the hour, under our watch.”…
“Without fuel,” all sorts of dire things will happen. But there is plenty of fuel in Gaza, half a million liters of it, just sitting in tanks controlled by Hamas. Why doesn’t UNRWA, or the UN, or the Arab League, call on Hamas to release that fuel for the use of civilians in Gaza?
UNRWA last week issued a statement saying that “the de facto authorities” in Gaza — meaning Hamas — had seized fuel and medical supplies from UNRWA’s evacuated headquarters in Gaza City. UNRWA then deleted its own statement and claimed that Hamas’ seizure of the supplies was a routine transfer.
“UNRWA would like to confirm that no looting has taken place in any of its warehouses in the Gaza Strip,” UNRWA said in its follow-up statement. “The images circulating on social media were of a movement of basic medical supplies from the UNRWA warehouse to health partners.”
UNRWA first told the truth, about Hamas seizing fuel and medical supplies from UNRWA’s Gaza City headquarters. At that point, Hamas must have threatened UNRWA, which then had to post a “correction” that explained that the Hamas appropriation of UNRWA’s supply of fuel and medicine was not theft but, in fact, merely a “routine transfer” to “health partners.” UNRWA needs to hold Hamas blameless…or else.
This is the truth: Hamas has in the recent past stolen both fuel and medical supplies from UNRWA headquarters. UNRWA had at first complained of this state of affairs, then was threatened by Hamas, and changed its story, now claiming that the fuel and medical supplies had merely been moved in a “routine transfer.” The Gazans are not fooled; they know what Hamas did in order to appropriate such a vast amount of diesel fuel.
Now Israel has shown the world photographs of the fuel storage tanks Hamas controls, that contain 500,000 liters of fuel. Will UNWRA, or the UN, or the Arab League, call on Hamas to release that enormous supply of fuel, in order to run hospital generators and thereby to “save the lives of patients” and also to allow the desalination plants that are running low on fuel to continue operating? You know the answer to that.
Phil Copson says
So that’s where America’s “Strategic Reserve” went….
somehistory says
They want the fuel supply to be up so they can keep the tunnels open.
hamas doesn’t give a hoot about the hospitals and other places used by the average citizen.
tim gallagher says
My attitude is that anything that Muslims, whether hamas scum or Palestinians or any other Muslims, tell us non-Muslims is bound to be total bullshit. The rotten, hate-filled attitude that Muslims all have towards all non-Muslims, straight out of the foul, evil book, the Koran, ensures that they will always lie to us non-believers in their disgusting, barbaric religious ideology. Muslims are always looking for a way to harm non-Muslims and impose islam on all of humanity. Everything they ever tell us is utter bullshit. I never believe anything Muslims tell us. To believe what the Muslim enemy says would mean that you are a naive and gullible fool.
Hudders. says
Absolutely Tim, well said sir!.
It is both their ‘sacred’ duty & utter delight to lie to/decieve non believers.
Muslims have increasingly proven themselves both duplicitous & contrary.
To trust them is sadly now more than ever ignorant & also extremely dangerous.
Spawned of that ancient abomination allah, truth is entirely foreign to them & impossible for them to ever speak it seems.
Their very nature is a deception.
MATTHEW 12:34
‘….FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKETH.’
Any so called aid, allowed into the satanic cess pool that is Gaza, will NEVER find it’s way to anyone supposedly needing it.
The terrorist scum will hoard & use it as always.
Only an ignorant fool could believe otherwise.
To supply them is clear complicity & support of their evil aims.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comment, Hudders. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of ignorant fools around who do still believe the bullshit that the Muslim enemies continually feed them. If only the vast majority of non-Muslims everywhere in the world would wake up and see islam and its vile followers clearly, then our societies could treat the Muslim enemy the way they deserve to be treated, that is with utter contempt. I get so sick and tired of all the gullible idiots in our non-Muslim societies, who know absolutely nothing about the hatred for us expressed in the Koran, who keep falling for the lies of the Muslims. So many fools seem totally unable to learn anything when it comes to islam. There is enough evidence by now for almost anybody with a functioning brain to have woken up to islam’s malicious nature. What you say about any aid to Gaza is, without doubt, true. The only thing these inhuman, murderous scum from hamas deserve is annihilation.
Hudders. says
Amen. Amen & Amen
bill says
Sadly I think that a very large % of the population are unable to learn or understand anything beyond the basics of life. I admit the US school system has much to be desired but as Americans like to say “you can’t fix stupid”.
tim gallagher says
Thanks, Hudders, bill and abu taleb. That’s a good saying, bill, and so accurate. It is truly amazing this ability many people seem to have to stick their heads in the sand and ignore the evil, malicious nature of islam and its followers. People need to wake up in time or our societies are going to be in big trouble if we keep letting Muslims in and they build their numbers up to a level where they can really start to bare their fangs and start to impose barbaric islam on all of us. What a horrendous life that will be.
abu taleb says
I agree
dumbledroesarmy says
The Israelis know where the fuel tanks are, eh? “Israel has shown the world photographs of the fuel storage tanks Hamas controls, that contain 500,000 liters of fuel.”
I am surprised.. and the world should be, too… that those fuel tanks have not already gone kablooey in one absolutely enormous explosion.
(Actually, I’m surprised that they haven’t already gone boom without any input from Israei at all, mohammedan occupational-health-and-safety practices, or lack thereof, being what they are).
pete says
(Actually, I’m surprised that they haven’t already gone boom without any input from Israei at all, mohammedan occupational-health-and-safety practices, or lack thereof, being what they are).
Spot on mate
Fitna says
Israel needs to completely ‘BDS’ itself from Muslims…don’t keep them on your land, don’t supply them with water or other essentials so that at the end of the day, you can never be blamed when they are broke again.
Muslims are global beggars (except the ones with oil). How many Muslims would’ve starved to death if not for the charity and goodwill of non-Muslims that they’ve ruthlessly taken advantage of while they at the same time focus on killing?
Where would ‘Palestinians’ be if not for the billions the West has sent to them for countless decades. How about the billions in US aid to Pakistan and other bottomless pits?
Not to mention the invaders, freeloaders from the Mideast and Africa, sucking on European benefits today while they rape/attack and kill their citizens?
Imagine how much further western nations could be if we kept that money for ourselves, helped the poor, invested in infrastructure and so forth.
I’m actually fine helping other non-Muslims because I know they’re not going to turn into Somali pirates one day or come to our countries and wage jihad on us.
India learned this lesson long ago after centuries of persecution. They don’t rent to or from Muslims, they don’t hire them, they do whatever they could to avoid them, resulting in Muslims ending up poorer and weaker.
Ofc some of them still are ‘hot for Jihad’ against India but it’d be much worse if they had allowed Muslims to advance or treated them as equals.
Muslims are not only a pain to us, but to each other as well. The world should unite against Islam and help states like Israel rid themselves of this problem.
I should add Israel makes its own stupid mistakes by treating Palis/Hamas terrorists in its hospitals. No doubt it comes from idiotic teachings like “love your enemy” which is stupid and suicidal. No, you need to hate your enemy and wipe them out just as they’re trying to do to you.
Fitna says
I should add I’ve heard on the media with pro-Hamas people talking about Israel’s lack of ‘humanity.’
Where was their humanity when Hamas was decapitating babies and killing grandmothers and brutally raping girls?
All these Palestinians-supporters were celebrating. You can’t whine about ‘humanity’ when you’re losing, you have no humanity of your own so you don’t deserve any from us.
I only feel sorry for the young children, too bad they were born into a rotten death cult…but this is war and if babies/kids, girls, elderly are going to die, better it’s their side than ours. They started this war against us (I include the West) and so need to finish it.
libertyORdeath says
It might be the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard regarding this conflict.
That Israel has some obligation to ensure that the terrorists have clean water, fresh food and electricity provided by Israel is hilarious.
Can you imagine the Nazis saying “yeah, we did kill a bunch of jews in your village, but that doesn’t mean you can refuse to give us your food and water.”
Or the Rhodesian soldiers saying “I know you cut my moms skin off last week, but I’ll make sure the power station continues to provide you with free electricity from the power plant we built and operate.”
This battle of the “protected groups” is insane. Only in a critical race theory infested world could anyone think that the terrorists DESERVE to have their enemies supply them with all their essentials. I guess that’s what happens when you allow a group of people to live as perpetual “refugees” to fulfill your desire for “equity”.
Norman Gardner Gardner says
Hamas has kept the fuel for it`s rockets, they would rather fire rockets into Israel than save those hospitalized because of their barbarian savagery.
marc says
nah, those rockets are solid fuel, mostly fertilizer (meant for crops).
They need the gas to run generators for the tunnels, airflow, lighting et.