{"id":2066375,"date":"2023-10-13T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-questions-swirl-about-whether-us-weapons-ended-up-going-to-hamas\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:04:46","slug":"israel-war-questions-swirl-about-whether-us-weapons-ended-up-going-to-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-questions-swirl-about-whether-us-weapons-ended-up-going-to-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Did US weapons end up with Hamas during the Israel war?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-war-questions-swirl-about-whether-us-weapons-ended-up-going-to-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2066375&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Investigation into Hamas Attack\u2064 on Israel Raises Concerns \u2064about American Weapons<\/h2>\n<p>As the\u200b search for\u2064 answers about \u2064the Hamas attack on Israel continues, some lawmakers and experts have raised questions about whether the Palestinian\u2063 terrorist group\u2063 managed to obtain American weapons to use against Israelis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Ukraine&#8217;s Belief: Russia Supplied Hamas with American Weapons<\/h3>\n<p>A top Ukrainian intelligence official said \u2063Thursday that \u2063Ukraine&#8217;s forces\u200c believe Russia supplied Hamas with weapons it \u2063captured on the battlefield in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Those weapons were manufactured by the United \u2062States and the European Union and provided to Ukrainian forces\u200b for their war\u2063 against Russia, Ukrainian intelligence officials\u200d said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainians accused Russia of giving \u2062the American and European arms \u200cto Hamas in order to undermine Western support for\u200b continuing aid to Ukraine. The U.S. has\u2062 sent $113 billion to Ukraine since \u200bRussia invaded it last\u200d year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before the attack, an Israeli Defense Forces commander told Newsweek in \u2063June that the IDF had observed American\u200d weapons flowing\u200c into the\u2062 Middle East from Ukraine, particularly to Iran. The commander \u2062said \u2064both Russians, driven by their friendly relationship with Iran, and Ukrainians, driven by money from the\u200b arms black\u200b market, had sent weapons meant to help Ukrainians.<\/p>\n<p>Israelis were concerned \u2064Iran would supply those weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terrorist group based in Lebanon. And, the commander \u200dsaid,\u2063 the IDF had seen weapons abandoned \u200dby American troops in Afghanistan in the hands\u200d of Hamas terrorists in \u2064the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the Taliban\u2063 seized billions of dollars worth of American equipment \u2063from Afghanistan after President Joe Biden ordered a\u200d hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops.<\/p>\n<p>By January of this\u200d year, some\u2062 of those \u200dweapons had surfaced in an armed conflict in India,\u2064 NBC News reported, and experts\u2062 warned that \u2063American equipment \u2062and arms from Afghanistan were likely to\u200c end up with militants \u200ball \u200dover the \u2063world.<\/p>\n<p>Two days before the attack on Israel, IDF forces\u200d said they \u200cseized M-16 rifles \u200dfrom terrorists\u200b in Gaza. The\u2062 M-16 is an American-made firearm used by the U.S.\u200d military.<\/p>\n<p>The Jerusalem Post reported in November 2022 that Israelis had observed an uptick in the number \u200cof M-16s that\u2062 Palestinians had obtained illegally in recent\u2062 months.<\/p>\n<p>And social media videos featuring\u2063 Hamas terrorists appeared to\u200d show some of \u200bthe militants brandishing M-16 rifles on the\u2064 day\u2063 of their\u200c attack on\u2062 Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is the largest global arms exporter, responsible for nearly half of \u200dall the weapons exports in the world.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. \u2063officials have\u2064 not said whether they \u2064have\u2064 seen\u2063 evidence that American-made weapons made\u2062 their \u2063way \u2064onto\u2062 the battlefield in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has now begun\u2062 sending arms \u200dto\u2062 Israel in an effort to\u200b support its defense against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon officials have already \u2062sent missiles to\u200c Israel for the IDF to use in \u200dits Iron Dome air defense system. \u200bIf the Israelis invade \u200bGaza, however, the IDF could \u2064request \u200dmore ammunition and arms from the U.S. at\u2064 a time when \u200bthe Pentagon is already stretching its supplies to keep\u200d Ukrainians\u2062 armed for the 21st month of its conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers have floated tying \u200cUkrainian and Israeli aid together \u2062into one\u200b bill when the House GOP resolves\u2064 its \u2062leadership crisis and resumes \u2064legislative business.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans\u2064 have increasingly\u200b soured on continuing\u2063 large amounts of aid to Ukraine without stricter oversight or a better understanding\u2064 of the U.S. plan to end\u2064 the war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Where Hamas\u200c obtained its \u200cweapons and funding remains a key question \u200dsurrounding the war in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u200cadministration officials have said they see no \u200ddirect proof Iran sponsored the surprise attack on Israel last week.<\/p>\n<p>However, Iran has long served as \u200bHamas&#8217;s \u2063top benefactor, and its leaders openly celebrated the \u200closs\u2063 of Israeli civilians after the strike by Hamas on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/hamas-attack-israel-american-weapons\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON\u2062 EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How can countries \u200cinvolved in conflicts, such as Ukraine and Afghanistan,\u2063 better control the proliferation of their\u2064 weapons and prevent\u200b their diversion\u2064 to unauthorized groups?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  St reported that the IDF\u2062 believed these rifles were smuggled into Gaza from the\u2062 Sinai Peninsula, highlighting a\u200c potential loophole in the arms embargo\u2063 on \u2064Hamas.\u2062 This incident further fueled concerns that American weapons may have made their\u200d way \u200cinto the \u200dhands of Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2064 no concrete evidence \u200chas been \u2064presented to directly \u200blink American weapons\u200d to \u200cthe\u200d Hamas attack on \u2062Israel, these reports have\u200d raised important\u200b questions about the\u2063 oversight and \u2063control of American-made military\u200b equipment. The possibility that\u200c American arms may \u200cbe ending up in the \u200bhands\u200b of terrorist organizations poses a significant\u2062 threat to regional\u2064 stability and the safety of American allies, such as Israel.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2063 incident also highlights the challenges faced by countries involved in conflicts, such\u200d as Ukraine and Afghanistan, in maintaining\u200c control \u2063over their weapons and preventing their proliferation. The rise of black\u200c markets and the ease with which weapons can\u2063 be\u200d transferred and sold make\u2064 it imperative for\u200c nations to implement\u2064 stricter measures to \u200btrack and secure their \u2063military equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The United States,\u200d as a major supplier \u2063of arms globally, bears the responsibility of ensuring that its weapons do not fall into the wrong\u2062 hands.\u2062 While it is true \u2062that American\u2063 equipment can be obtained \u200cby enemy forces through various means, it is essential for\u2062 the U.S. to review its export control policies and strengthen mechanisms to prevent unauthorized transfers or\u2062 theft of its military technology.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2063 incident should\u200d serve as \u200ca wake-up call for\u200d the \u200dinternational community to exercise greater vigilance and \u2064cooperation in monitoring and curtailing the flow of weapons to terrorist groups. A coordinated effort is required \u200cto \u2063dismantle global arms\u200d networks\u200c and cut off the supply chains that sustain these groups.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover,\u200b it is \u2063imperative for countries \u200bto enhance their intelligence sharing and cooperate in investigating cases of weapon diversion. The exchange of information and joint operations can help identify and \u200ddisrupt the illicit trade of American weapons and thwart \u200bthe plans of terrorist organizations seeking to acquire these armaments.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, international\u2063 bodies,\u2063 such as the United Nations and the European Union, should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-pill-maker-asks-supreme-court-to-decide-legality-of-mifepristone\/\" title=\"Abortion pill manufacturer seeks Supreme Court ruling on mifepristone's legality.\">enforce stricter regulations<\/a> and oversight on\u200b arms \u2064transfers to minimize\u2064 the risk of weapons falling into the hands of terrorists.\u2064 These organizations should\u2062 work closely with\u2062 member states\u2062 to \u2063establish comprehensive monitoring systems and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-questions-swirl-about-whether-us-weapons-ended-up-going-to-hamas\/\" title=\"Did US weapons end up with Hamas during the Israel war?\">promote responsible arms trade practices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d security of American allies, such \u200das \u200cIsrael, depends\u200b on \u2062the integrity of American weapons \u200bsupply \u2064chains and \u200cthe effectiveness of export control measures. It \u2063is crucial for the United\u2064 States to address any vulnerabilities in its systems and take decisive action to prevent further instances of weapon diversion that may compromise regional security.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing \u2064investigation \u2063into \u200bthe Hamas attack on Israel serves as a stark reminder of the \u2064complex challenges faced in \u2062maintaining control over weapons. It is imperative for all nations to\u2064 work\u200b together to address these issues and \u2064ensure \u200bthat \u200bthe tools of war do\u200d not fall into \u200cthe wrong\u2062 hands, undermining global \u200bsecurity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-station-customer-given-strange-note-describing-a-blue-van-police-stop-the-car-and-come-to-horrifying-conclusion\/\" title=\"Gas station customer receives odd note about blue van, police intervene and make chilling discovery.\">endangering \u200binnocent \u2064lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hamas attack on Israel has prompted inquiries into the possible acquisition of American weapons by the Palestinian terrorist group. Ukrainian intelligence officials suspect that Russia provided Hamas with weapons seized from the battlefield. 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