Hamas has been hit with its worst financial crisis since its founding, severely impacting salaries for government employees and military wing members in Gaza, the London-based Al Sharq Al Awsat reports, citing sources in the terror group.
Hamas sources tell the news outlet that four months ago, the terror group dispersed NIS 900 ($250) to its civil workers in Gaza, encouraging bitterness among those who cannot provide for their families.
The sources add that members of the al-Qassam brigades, its military wing, have not been paid for around three months, while families of dead members of the terror group, prisoners, and wounded did not receive their usual salaries.
The sources also say that there is an “administrative vacuum” in Gaza’s Hamas-run regime, with Israel’s continued targeting of any political figure from the terror group to carry out the work of the government.
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