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Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/hamas-wants-famine/683724/
Hamas Wants Gaza to Starve
(Atlantic) Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib - In recent days, I've spoken with dozens of Gazans who are furious about what is unfolding around them. They are angry, one told me, at the "hordes of selfish people who are attacking aid convoys to steal and collect aid in a horrific manner." But their anger is directed primarily at Hamas, which they hold responsible for putting the people of Gaza in this position, and for its continued refusal to end the war that it started. Another person said that Hamas is hunkered down in its tunnels, willing to see Gaza destroyed. Hamas actually wants a famine in Gaza. Producing death from hunger is the group's final play, its last hope for ending the war in a way that advances its goals. Online supporters of Hamas have consistently attacked any efforts to alleviate the crisis. In posts and videos, they have dismissed efforts to send in food by convoys of trucks from Egypt and Jordan, pointing to the chaotic scenes. They have also attacked the airdrops and called for them to be stopped immediately. The writer, a Gaza native, is a resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council.