Liberman claims most of the aid entering Gaza ‘will go to Hamas’

By Sam Sokol 19 May 2025, 5:27 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Yisrael Beytenu chief MK Avigdor Liberman leads a party faction meeting at the Knesset, May 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman slams the government over the resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza, specifically criticizing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s assertion that none of the aid will reach Hamas.

“The government’s decision to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza proves once again that the October 7 government is still stuck in the October 6 conception, with zero resistance to international pressure,” Liberman tells reporters during his party’s weekly faction meeting in the Knesset.

“To say that ‘aid is being brought in on the recommendation of the IDF’ is a cynical use of the IDF and our soldiers,” he says, taking aim at Smotrich’s claim that there is a “mechanism” in place to prevent Hamas from hijacking civilian aid.

“Most of the aid will go to Hamas, and the only mechanism that exists here is the mechanism of lying to the public,” Liberman asserts.