In unencrypted radio communications intercepted by Israel in early 2024, low-level Hamas operatives in Gaza  can be heard accusing their leaders of hoarding humanitarian aid and of ordering an attack on the wives of fighters who criticized them.

The recordings were broadcast by  Channel 12 on Sunday. The report said that Israeli officials had played the recordings to counterparts in the Biden administration, in a failed bid to counter White House pressure to keep letting some 250 trucks of aid enter the Strip daily after the November 2023 truce-hostage deal fell apart.

Israel has accused Hamas of stealing the aid. The network, citing the recordings, said the aid reached Hamas’s leaders but not the operatives in the field..

“Tell the leadership in Khan Younis, we’ll beat you up,” one irate operative can be heard yelling. “You only take care of yourselves, there is no leadership.”

Even as aid flows in, the Hamas fighters can be heard complaining about dwindling supplies and growing casualties.

“Our condition is very harsh. We haven’t had an allotment for a long time. What is the leadership’s response?” one low-level operative can be heard saying. “They took everything, stole everything. Soon we won’t find anything to eat or drink.”

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