IDF accuses Hamas of stealing over $100 million from banks in Gaza

Militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas stole over 400 million shekels (around $108.04 million) from banks in the Gaza Strip, Avichay Adraee, the official representative of the Israel Defense Forces said on X, Report informs via TASS.

"We are publishing a document written by a high-ranking Hamas official, which testifies: after Hamas faced financial difficulties during the war, the organization's terrorists broke into branches of the Bank of Palestine in Gaza and stole over 400 million shekels," he said.

Adraee noted that the Israel Defense Forces is aware of at least three cases of theft of funds from branches and the headquarters of the Bank of Palestine.