Dave McCormick: “Hamas has been essentially using the aid as a source of…”

“And there's an effort underway with the Gaza Humanitarian foundation to do that. And the key is Hamas is very complicated because Hamas has been essentially using the aid as a source of revenue to pay its fighters, as a source of manipulation of the society. So you have to get the food and the water and the aid directly in the hands of the families. And that's what that effort's trying to do.” (06:12–06:20)

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