Hamas Rakes in Up to $5 Million Daily in Gaza While Rearming, Plotting Soldier Abductions, Israeli Reports Say
Hamas fighters on Feb. 22, 2025. Photo: Majdi Fathi via Reuters Connect Hamas is generating as much as $5 million a day from goods entering Gaza while rebuilding tunnels, accumulating weapons, and planning possible attacks…
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Hamas's daily take of up to $5 million from goods entering Gaza funds tunnel rebuilding and soldier-kidnap plots, per Israeli security sources. That revenue stream persists despite any ceasefire and props up a shadow governance system that taxes, distributes aid, and enforces control covertly. Watch whether Israel moves to choke the inflow or strikes the decentralized network Neumann describes.