The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas strongly denounced on Sunday statements issued by the US Central Command alleging the “looting of an aid truck” in Gaza, describing the claims as baseless and fabricated. The movement said the remarks are part of ongoing attempts to justify further restrictions on already limited humanitarian aid and to deflect attention from the international community’s failure to lift the siege and end the starvation of civilians in the Strip.
US Drone Observes Aid Truck Looted by Hamas in Gaza
TAMPA, Fla. – On Oct. 31, the U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) observed suspected Hamas operatives looting an aid truck traveling as part of a humanitarian convoy delivering needed assistance from… pic.twitter.com/BFa2BPwk2a
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) November 1, 2025
Hamas stressed that Gaza’s police and security forces have sacrificed heavily in their efforts to protect and secure aid convoys, with more than 1,000 officers martyred and hundreds wounded while ensuring that relief supplies reach those in need.
The movement also stated that all signs of chaos and looting had ceased once Israeli forces withdrew, proving that the occupation had itself fostered and managed the disorder that accompanied its presence.
The statement added that no local or international organizations, nor humanitarian workers, have filed any complaints or reports regarding such incidents—evidence, Hamas said, that the scene invoked by US Central Command was “fabricated and politically motivated to justify siege policies and aid reductions.”
Hamas also accused Washington of turning a blind eye to daily Israeli crimes in Gaza. It said 254 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire, 91% of them civilians, including 105 children, 37 women, and nine elderly people, along with 595 wounded, among them 199 children and 136 women.
The movement further noted that US surveillance aircraft “failed to detect” the Israeli enemy’s daily breaches of the so-called yellow line, where the occupation maintains armed control over more than 35 square kilometers of Gaza, carrying out systematic demolitions of civilian homes in occupied zones.
Hamas said American drones also did not record the deepening humanitarian suffering caused by the Israeli occupation’s fuel blockade and food shortages. Civilians, it said, have been deprived of basic sources of protein—such as eggs, poultry, and meat—for two years, while the number of aid trucks entering Gaza averages only 135 per day, far below the population’s needs, even as commercial trucks enter with goods that most residents cannot afford.
Concluding its statement, Hamas accused the US administration of fully aligning with the Israeli occupation’s narrative, making it complicit in the siege and the humanitarian catastrophe. The movement said Washington “does not need drones to see the extent of Israel’s crimes, but rather a measure of moral conscience and political responsibility” to stop excusing violations and to compel Israel to uphold agreements and cease its daily assaults on the Palestinian people.
Source: Al-Manar Website
