{"id":2634755,"date":"2026-07-24T13:27:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-demands-un-agency-investigate-hamas-meddling-in-aid\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:33:22","slug":"us-demands-un-agency-investigate-hamas-meddling-in-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-demands-un-agency-investigate-hamas-meddling-in-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"US demands UN agency investigate Hamas meddling in aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fus-demands-un-agency-investigate-hamas-meddling-in-aid%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=2634755&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--><p>The Washington Examiner reports that the U.S. State Department has called on the United Nations\u2019 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to ensure its aid programs in Gaza are protected from suspected Hamas interference. Recent investigations revealed OCHA\u2019s cooperation with Hamas-linked organizations to distribute humanitarian resources, with documents showing coordination with Hamas-controlled entities and restrictions imposed on survey questions to prevent exposing resistance members. Despite these findings, the State Department clarified that its funding isn&#8217;t directed specifically to Gaza operations, though it has allocated $3.8 billion to OCHA as december. OCHA maintains that its engagement with local groups doesn&#8217;t imply support or legitimacy for any political or armed groups, emphasizing adherence to humanitarian principles. The report also highlights concerns over Hamas\u2019s influence within humanitarian efforts, referencing documents indicating discussions of &#8220;mutual cooperation&#8221; with Hamas and restrictions on aid-related surveys. Previous U.S. efforts to curb aid vulnerabilities, such as pausing certain Middle East programs and investigations into terrorist ties at related agencies like UNRWA, are noted. The U.S. government emphasizes strict oversight and vetting measures to prevent aid diversion to terrorist groups, with ongoing efforts to monitor and prevent misuse of assistance in gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\">State Department<\/a> said the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\">United Nations\u2019<\/a> Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs should ensure it is protecting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\">Gaza<\/a> aid programs from suspected <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\">Hamas<\/a> meddling after reporting from the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OCHA is under fire after a Thursday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4658392\/us-funded-united-nations-agency-worked-with-hamas-documents-show\/\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> report<\/a> exposed its years of cooperation with a Hamas-linked state agency to distribute humanitarian resources, based on documents <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/OCHA-oPt_-Cooperation-with-Hamas-Linked-Institutions-and-Terror-Connected-NGOs-Google-Docs-1.pdf\">obtained by<\/a> the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israeli<\/a> watchdog group NGO Monitor. The State Department announced $3.8 billion in U.S. funding for OCHA since December, though a State Department spokesperson emphasized that it is not for the agency\u2019s Gaza operations specifically.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4662014\/state-department-un-agency-investigate-hamas\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>State Department demands US-funded UN agency \u2018fully investigate\u2019 Hamas involvement in aid programs<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4658392\/us-funded-united-nations-agency-worked-with-hamas-documents-show\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Another US-funded UN agency worked with Hamas, documents show<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4656695\/state-department-cuba-guerilla-warfare-american-leftists\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>State Department links Cuba\u2019s push for \u2018guerilla warfare\u2019 to American leftist movement<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile the Department of State is not funding UN OCHA in Gaza, we take these allegations seriously and expect OCHA to fully investigate,\u201d the spokesperson told the<em> Washington Examiner<\/em>.\u00a0\u201cThese actions expose Hamas\u2019 shameful use of civilian organizations to generate illicit financial support for its military wing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Translated documents and public materials show the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Social Development in Gaza discussing \u201cmutual cooperation\u201d with OCHA and coordinating with it from at least 2021 to 2025, NGO Monitor found. Other examples of meddling included Hamas\u2019s security ministry dictating what survey questions OCHA partners could ask Gazans to determine who gets aid supplies, fearing that some questions might unmask \u201cresistance\u201d members, according to NGO Monitor\u2019s translations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OCHA did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> request for comment. The agency previously said it denies \u201cany suggestion that humanitarian assistance is delivered in cooperation with or for the benefit of Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDelivering aid in Gaza requires engagement with a range of local groups to reach civilians in need, but such engagement does not confer legitimacy on, support for, or partnership with any political or armed group,\u201d the agency said. \u201cThe U.N. and our humanitarian partners operate under strict humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamas\u2019s current influence within humanitarian groups is uncertain. The Islamic organization has agreed to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4429981\/hamas-demilitarization-threatens-success-board-peace-gaza\/\">relinquish control of Gaza<\/a> under President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> Israeli-Palestinian <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3838310\/iran-support-trump-gaza-peace-plan-negotiators-egypt\/\">peace plan<\/a> that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3890151\/un-security-council-us-peace-plan-gaza\/\">the U.N. approved in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4658392\/us-funded-united-nations-agency-worked-with-hamas-documents-show\/\"><strong>ANOTHER US-FUNDED UN AGENCY WORKED WITH HAMAS, DOCUMENTS SHOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s administration has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs_external_products\/R\/HTML\/R45122.html#_Toc224039534\">paused<\/a> certain <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\">Middle East<\/a> aid programs after vulnerabilities allowed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/02\/04\/biden-admin-terrorist-1-3-billion-trump-foreign-aid\/\">terrorist regimes<\/a> such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/02\/28\/state-department-payments-taliban-taxpayer-money\/\">Afghanistan\u2019s Taliban<\/a> to pocket U.S. resources. The U.N. previously <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-and-ending-funding-to-certain-united-nations-organizations-and-reviewing-united-states-support-to-all-international-organizations\/\">suffered<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2820106\/dozen-un-staffers-accused-participation-suspends-funding\/\">setbacks<\/a> when Trump and former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> froze funding for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4652929\/house-bill-gottheimer-lawler-dismantle-unrwa\/\">U.N. Relief Works Agency<\/a>, which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4425283\/israel-tears-down-unrwa-jerusalem-headquarters\/\">Israeli<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/oig.usaid.gov\/node\/8155\">U.S. investigations<\/a> found was employing terrorists involved in Hamas\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/october-7\/\">October 2023 massacre<\/a> in Israel. The Israeli government demolished UNRWA\u2019s East <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jerusalem\/\">Jerusalem<\/a> headquarters in January over its terrorist ties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cU.S. government implementers and entities involved in the delivery of foreign assistance in Gaza are subject to various oversight measures which may include counterterrorism vetting, monitoring, and oversight procedures to prevent the diversion of U.S. assistance to, and its misuse or destruction by, Hamas and other terrorist and extremist entities,\u201d the State Department spokesperson told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cOversight continues to be a major priority for all Department funding for programs inside Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Dept urges OCHA to prevent Hamas interference in Gaza aid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1239,"featured_media":2634756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP522006767888.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7629,50400,3976,52441,50822],"class_list":["post-2634755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aid","tag-hamas-2","tag-investigation","tag-un-2","tag-us-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP522006767888.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2634755"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2634758,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634755\/revisions\/2634758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2634756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2634755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2634755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2634755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}