Hamas

The World Food Program is part of the UN but gets no funding directly from the UN. Funds come from voluntary contributions by individuals from around the world. In 2022 the program received $14.1 billion and the US gave 50% of the total. WFP has provided food and cash assistance to over 555,000 Palestinians since the start of the current crisis. Palestine also receives aid from countries. The US a major contributor, providing more than $5.2 billion through USAID since 1994. In recent years, this aid has totaled around $600 million annually. Biden is now requesting an additional $100 million for Palestine. Since Hamas is in control it would not be unreasonable to assume that much of this money is used to fund the military. Most agree that Hamas went into Israel to bring attention to their plight and then to curry sympathy from the rest of the world by goading Israel into retaliation. If this were true why did they behave in such a brutal way. If they had just captured some Israeli's for negotiating purposes they could have done so in a more humanitarian way. Something doesn't add up. One explanation is that the invaders were high on some drug that clouded their judgment.