Israel's military suggested on Tuesday that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel supplies after the U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip warned it would have to halt operations on Wednesday night if no fuel was delivered.

Israel’s military suggested on Tuesday that the United Nations ask Hamas for fuel supplies after the U.N. agency providing aid to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip warned it would have to halt operations on Wednesday night if no fuel was delivered.

The agency, known as UNRWA, posted its warning on social media on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces reposted it and said that Hamas militants have more than 500,000 litres of fuel in tanks inside besieged Gaza.

“Ask Hamas if you can have some,” the IDF wrote.

  • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2315·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, dick thing to say but Israel is literally saying to ask your apparent government to provide for their people from their own stock.

    What else are they going to use it for, and is that more important than their citizens?

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
      2911·
      1 year ago

      Israel is literally saying to ask your apparent government to provide for their people from their own stock.

      Israel is also not allowing aid to Gaza. It’s also Israel that created a Gaza that can’t even provide electricity for itself. Not saying Hamas shouldn’t use their stock for the sake of Gazans (if they have that much; this is still the IDF and they’re not known for caring about the truth), but the reason Gaza is in this situation is still Israel.

      • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        620·
        1 year ago

        In the short term, yes it is caused by Israel. You could also argue it was caused when Palestine and friends invaded Israel in the middle of a Civil War and lost, losing territory in the process.

        Long term, this is something like 1500 years in the making.