Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) mentioned Sunday there isn’t a fact to claims that United Nations help for Palestinians in Gaza has been “systematically” stolen by Hamas.
“It is a huge lie, the declare that when the U.N. organizations had been delivering meals to Palestinians, civilians, that it was being systematically diverted to Hamas,” Van Hollen advised CBS Information’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.”
“I need to say loudly and clearly, it is a huge lie,” the Maryland senator added.
On Sunday, President Trump said Hamas is stealing food that was meant for folks in Gaza, saying to reporters on a number of events that items are being stolen as he was pressed on the starvation disaster within the area.
Trump, alongside President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen in Turnberry, Scotland, was questioned about his response to the pictures of ravenous youngsters in Gaza.
“After I see the kids and after I see, particularly during the last couple of weeks persons are stealing the meals, they’re stealing the cash, they’re stealing the cash for the meals. They’re stealing weapons, they’re stealing every thing,” the president mentioned.
“It’s a large number, that entire place is a large number. The Gaza Strip, you recognize it was given a few years in the past so they may have peace. That didn’t work out too effectively,” Trump continued.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) echoed Trump on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC Information.
“That is vital to notice: Israel, since this struggle started, has provided over 94,000 truckloads stuffed with meals. It’s sufficient meals to feed 2 million folks for 2 years attempting to get that into Gaza. However Hamas has stolen the meals, an enormous quantity,” Johnson mentioned.
He additionally criticized “the system,” calling it “damaged,” including that starting tomorrow, the Israeli army will open “new channels of distribution to get it [food] to these people who find themselves desperately in want.”
Former President Obama said on Sunday that “help should be permitted to achieve folks in Gaza.”
“There is no such thing as a justification for retaining meals and water away from civilian households,” the previous president added in a put up on the social platform X on Sunday.