As supplies of virtually every basic human necessity dwindle in the Gaza Strip, one group in the besieged enclave remains well-stocked: Hamas.
Arab and Western officials say there is substance to Israeli claims of Hamas stockpiling supplies, including desperately needed food and fuel. Hamas, they say,under the strip where it has amassed stores of virtually everything needed for a drawn-out fight.
A senior Lebanese official said Hamas, which is estimated to number between 35,000 and 40,000, had enough stocked away to keep fighting for three to four months without resupply. But those fuel stockpiles are separate from, and far smaller than, the 800,000 to 1 million litres of petrol and diesel that the Israeli military says Hamas has on hand.
Asked about the situation, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, an Israeli military spokesperson, told reporters that if Palestinians or the UN need fuel, they should get it from Hamas. “Hamas has fuel but has different priorities — to provide ventilation and air for its tunnel system, for firing rockets, command and control,” he said Thursday.
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