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Hamas confiscates humanitarian aid trucks sent to Gaza from Jordan
By DPA
Tags: Jordan, Gaza, Hamas, Israel

At least 10 trucks with humanitarian aid sent to the Gaza Strip by the Jordanian Red Crescent Society were confiscated by Hamas police shortly after the trucks entered the territory on Thursday evening, according to aid officials in Jerusalem.

Eight trucks had food products and another two had medicines. They were reportedly taken to Hamas-run ministries.

Initial reports said the intended target of the aid was the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza. Hamas and the PRCS had a run-in in the past, when the Islamic group diverted another aid convoy.
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A spokesman for the Hamas police in Gaza said that the number of trucks was in fact 14 and they would be "delivered to Palestinians in need in the Gaza Strip."

He added that Hamas was the responsible body in the territory and it would decide how to distribute the aid.


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      1.   Hamas is 100% humanitarian 02:35  |  Roy 08/02/08
      2.   YEAH, RIGHT! 02:36  |  Naji Benaji 08/02/08
      3.   where is CLICKFOOL ? 02:56  |  Jim 08/02/08
      4.   Hamas only loves Hamas 03:07  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/08
      5.   the trucks 03:36  |  vik 08/02/08
      6.   How else could Hamas smuggle the weapons off UN aid trucks before 04:24  |  Jon 08/02/08
      7.   #3 Clickfool`s response 04:28  |  Jon 08/02/08
      8.   totalitarian Hamas is acting in character 04:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/02/08
      9.   #3 05:34  |  geoff 08/02/08
      10.   Humanitarian Hamas? 05:37  |  geoff 08/02/08
      11.   The Evil That Is Hamas_ C`mon Talkbackers 06:05  |  Eli 08/02/08
      12.   Why am I not surprised 06:31  |  leo 08/02/08
      13.   Nr 11, nice comment, keep it up! 06:38  |  Cristo 08/02/08
      14.   Arafat was a thief, Haniyeh is a thief. 07:40  |  Vittorio 08/02/08
      15.   WHO`S IN CHARGE?hamas and rightly so 08:02  |  VIPER 08/02/08
      16.   To Roy #1: stealing, murdering civilians from both sides, human 08:20  |  Alain 08/02/08
      17.   Poor Abdullah 09:37  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      18.   Sounds like stealing to me 09:38  |  Iz Ray Leigh 08/02/08
      19.   Clickfool has the answer to this 09:41  |  Mike 08/02/08
      20.   SO WHAT? 09:42  |  indrajaya 08/02/08
      21.   Playing politics with hunger 09:46  |  Natallie Durson 08/02/08
      22.   Jim #3........WHO CARES!!!!!!!! 10:28  |  Joe Moer 08/02/08
      23.   Who is giong to compensate the Egyptians for 10:59  |  ChanahS 08/02/08
      24.   Hamas anarchy 11:16  |  Esther 08/02/08
      25.   so what? 11:17  |  Nabulsi 08/02/08
      26.   Where have all the flowers gone? 11:20  |  Ha ha ha 08/02/08
      27.   clickfool and israel 11:32  |  brighton rock 08/02/08
      28.   Sorry to say, Hamas the terrorists are the Governing body ofGaza. 11:32  |  Stephen. 08/02/08
      29.   Playing politics with hunger 11:58  |  Natallie Durson 08/02/08
      30.   To ensure a fair distribution and prevent corruption 12:10  |  Laura Heintze 08/02/08
      31.   #23, Durson, Hamas is playing games 12:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/02/08
      32.   its true that hamas was elected democratically but so was Abu 12:38  |  palestinian tremblin 08/02/08
      33.   this means that even donations to legitimate groups like the 12:39  |  wantingtofeed 08/02/08
      34.   Nothing will ever change 13:26  |  bytheway 08/02/08
      35.   Natallie Durson - They probably got more bombs, not food 13:44  |  x 08/02/08
      36.   Guess `humanitarian aid` 13:46  |  Nechama 08/02/08
      37.   Nabulsi - Stop it already...Hamas stole from the innocent but 13:49  |  mk 08/02/08
      38.   Hamas did the right thing 13:49  |  Jordanian citizen 08/02/08
      39.   # 11 Eli LOL great post you made my day. 13:57  |  Petra 08/02/08
      40.   #20 13:59  |  Moshe 08/02/08
      41.   # 21 Nut case playing politics without a brain 13:59  |  Petra 08/02/08
      42.   # 15 Viper only you could write such trash. 14:01  |  Petra 08/02/08
      43.   # 3 Where is CLICKFOOL? He had a BLAST! 14:04  |  Petra 08/02/08
      44.   Typical food distribution theft legitimately! 14:08  |  Petra 08/02/08
      45.   IDIOTS! RETAKE GAZA,W.BANK,STOP TERRORISM,EXPAND JEWISH HOLYLAND) 14:19  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 08/02/08
      46.   The Headline: Image of Arabs Barbaric Politics 14:30  |  Joseph . E 08/02/08
      47.   Humanitarianism War Crime 14:49  |  Joseph . E 08/02/08
      48.   #38 To the Jordanian citizen 14:54  |  Hastaroth 08/02/08
      49.   When the revolution is more important than the people 15:44  |  FOX 08/02/08
      50.   muslims withholding food for political gain? 16:00  |  natan 08/02/08
      51.   # 38 Jordanian....now the Red Crescent is a quisling group? 16:18  |  Lynn 08/02/08
      52.   Why doesn`t Israel fire Persistant harsh Complaints at idiot UN? 17:18  |  The Archives 08/02/08
      53.   For the Evolution Challenged 17:21  |  Tosefta 08/02/08
      54.   if hamas is the responsible party in gaza and they will decide 17:21  |  terrornator 08/02/08
      55.   this is exactly what the war lords in somalia were doing 17:22  |  terrornator 08/02/08
      56.   YES, YES, SURE they WILL 17:42  |  Gil 08/02/08
      57.   YES, YES, SURE they WILL 17:45  |  Gil 08/02/08
      58.   YES, YES, SURE they WILL 17:46  |  Gil 08/02/08
      59.   Fake Tosefta alert #52 17:49  |  Tosefta 08/02/08
      60.   jordanian citizen#38 we all seen what your country thought of the 18:00  |  terrornator 08/02/08
      61.   no hope for pals until gaza is razed, begun afresh 18:04  |  frenz 08/02/08
      62.   Tosefta #59 (17:49) 18:09  |  Now We Know 08/02/08
      63.   Tosefta: Is this what you and Hamas see: Koran 61 18:24  |  evolution challenged 08/02/08
      64.   Why are hamas so fat? 18:36  |  H 08/02/08
      65.   All Tosefta postings are fake 19:16  |  FOX 08/02/08
      66.   Why the Leftist support 19:20  |  Someone explain 08/02/08
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      68.   Tosefta 19:28  |  Sarah 08/02/08
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      70.   #25 Tooooo funny. 19:34  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
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