Hamas admits 50,000 deaths in Gaza are Hamas terrorists!

Hamas announces 500-shekel payments to tens of thousands of ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ widows

Hamas plans to disburse 500 shekels – some US $160 – to every widow of those killed in the “Al-Aqsa Flood War,” the group announced Wednesday. Payment would be made to as many as 50,000 widowed families, it said, amounting to total disbursements of some 25 million shekels (US $8 million).

Though not stated explicitly in the statement, it was widely understood in Gaza that the reference to “Al-Aqsa Flood” meant the lion’s share of aid would go to the widows of Hamas members.

Hamas announces 500-shekel payments to tens of thousands of ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ widows. Jusoor News International. February 05, 2026.

GAZA, Feb. 5 (Jusoor) – Hamas plans to disburse 500 shekels – some US $160 – to every widow of those killed in the “Al-Aqsa Flood War,” the group announced Wednesday. Payment would be made to as many as 50,000 widowed families, it said, amounting to total disbursements of some 25 million shekels (US $8 million).

Though not stated explicitly in the statement, it was widely understood in Gaza that the reference to “Al-Aqsa Flood” – Hamas’s term for its October 7, 2023 onslaught – meant the lion’s share of aid would go to the widows of Hamas members, who have been provided their own designated tent camps.

“The Ministry of Social Development – Gaza announces… financial assistance of 500 shekels to be disbursed as part of the ‘We Support You’ project for widows of the Al-Aqsa Flood War,” the announcement said. Funds would come from "what the Ministry of Economy collected from merchant violations, estimated at $25 million, since the last ceasefire agreement."

Jusoor has reported extensively on Hamas demanding exorbitant “fees” from merchants, often under the pretext that the shopowners were exploiting wartime shortages to charge customers extortionate prices. At the same time, the group has levied its own exorbitant new “taxes” on everything from cigarettes to food to sites for pitching tents in displaced people’s camps.

Photos appeared online Wednesday of veiled women signing documents at a makeshift office in a tent. ...

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Jusoor News is a U.S.-based, pan-Arab digital media initiative founded by journalist Hadeel Oueis, focusing on opposing Iranian influence, Islamist extremism, and reporting from within Gaza.

It operates via social media platforms, including X, Telegram, and YouTube, often covering, and facing threats for, its anti-Hamas stance.

Key details about Jusoor News include:

* Editorial Focus:
The outlet provides coverage that highlights opposition to Iranian dominance in the region and promotes voices against Hamas in Gaza.

*Controversy and Threats:
Journalists affiliated with the network have reported receiving death threats and being targeted by Hamas.

*Leadership:
Hadeel Oueis is the Editor-in-Chief and a prominent Syrian expert.

It actively reports on regional dynamics, including Syria and Palestine, aiming to counter narratives from extremist groups. Who is Jusoor News?

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What other sources confirm this announcement?

The announcement originates directly from Hamas’ Ministry of Social Development (وزارة التنمية الاجتماعية) in Gaza. It is an official statement from the Hamas-run government in the territory, issued around early February 2026 as part of the “We Support You” (نحن سندكم) aid project.

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Key Details from the AnnouncementA one-time payment of 500 shekels (about $135–160 USD, depending on exchange rates) to widows who lost husbands killed since the start of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” war (Hamas’ term for the October 7, 2023, attacks and subsequent conflict).
Targeted at up to 50,000 widows in the first phase.
Distribution via SMS notifications, with calls for eligible women to update their data in the national relief system.
Coordinated with national and Islamic factions and the Relief Council.

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Confirming SourcesMultiple Palestinian and Gaza-focused outlets, along with social media channels aligned with or reporting on Gaza authorities, have directly reported or quoted the ministry’s statement:Safa News Agency (وكالة صفا), a Palestinian news outlet, published articles detailing the ministry’s launch of the project, eligibility criteria (widows from October 7, 2023, to around January 2026), and the need for data updates to receive the 500-shekel payments.

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Jusoor News International, a platform providing reporting from inside Gaza, issued a summary (in English and Arabic) stating that Hamas plans to disburse the payments to as many as 50,000 widowed families, totaling around 25 million shekels. This is the source frequently cited in international social media discussions of the announcement.

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Other Palestinian websites, such as motqdmon.com and nabd.com, carried the ministry’s announcement verbatim, including registration details and the project’s focus on “Al-Aqsa Flood” widows.

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The statement has also been widely shared on Arabic-language social media (Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, Threads) through official or affiliated Gaza channels, often with calls for widows to register or update records via SMS. Examples include direct ministry-related posts and local news aggregators.

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Broader Context and Secondary ReportingThe announcement has been amplified on platforms like X, Reddit, Threads, and forums (e.g., Free Republic) by accounts monitoring Hamas statements, often framing the 50,000-widow figure as an implicit acknowledgment of high combatant deaths among the total Gaza toll (which Hamas-run health authorities have reported in the 50,000–70,000+ range at various points). No major Western mainstream outlets (e.g., BBC, NYT) appear to have covered it prominently in the immediate results, but the primary sourcing traces back to Hamas’ own ministry without apparent contradiction or denial from Gaza authorities.This is consistent with Hamas’ long-standing practice of providing stipends or aid to families of “martyrs” (including fighters). The current payment is presented as humanitarian relief amid the ongoing crisis but is limited in scope and amount.If you’d like me to analyze specific articles, check Arabic originals further, or look for reactions from other parties (e.g., Israeli officials or aid organizations), let me know!

IDF Says Gaza Death Toll Near 70,000, Rejects Starvation Claims. Newsmax. 29 January 2026.

One analyst who has examined the GHM data sheet and provided his own interpretation of the figures is Salo Aizenberg, an author and researcher for Honest Reporting, UN Watch, NGO Monitor, and others.

In his analysis of the GHM's data, Aizenberg noted that the Hamas-run organization does not offer any breakdown of the deaths that indicates the cause of death. Based on previous periods of conflict, in which the GHM admitted it includes all deaths in the casualty count, including natural deaths, this means that analysis of data requires some extra work by the researcher.

Aizenberg showed that if one accounts for around 10,000-12,000 natural deaths, based on the average number of natural deaths in the two years preceding the war, then one is left with about 60,000 dead due to the war and related conditions. The IDF claims to have killed around 25,000 combatants during the war, which leaves around 35,000 other deaths.

Aizenberg and others have noted that deaths by misfired Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad missiles are within those figures. The IDF recently revealed that about 13% of all rocket launches by the terror organizations in the first six months of the war were faulty, falling back into the Gaza Strip.

Additionally, deaths caused by Hamas reprisals against Gazans believed to be aiding Israel are also included among the "war dead."

The IDF said on Thursday that it is working on its own evaluation of the GHM data integrated with its internal calculations of the number of combatants killed, although it gave no date for when this analysis would be published.

A report published by the Henry Jackson Society in early 2025 showed that the Hamas-run GHM had misrepresented the number of women and children killed in the conflict, claiming that over 70% of all deaths were in that category. That report found that during a roughly six-month period, from October 2024 to March 2025, just over half of all deaths were combat-age men.

That report found "extensive statistical anomalies, glaring inconsistencies, and a concerted effort by Hamas to inflate the number of civilian deaths – particularly among women and children – while systematically omitting combatant fatalities, especially amongst its own operatives."

A previous report by the Henry Jackson Society even documented cases in which people killed by Hamas, or deaths of cancer patients, were included in the GHM's list of war fatalities.

The GHM death figures have also played a part in accusations by international groups, such as the UN and affiliated nongovernmental organizations, which accused Israel of causing a famine at various points during the two-year war. In particular, several Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reports were used to allege that Gaza was at the threshold or experiencing famine conditions.

The Israeli government, along with other analysts, pushed back against the claims, pointing out errors in the reports, which often followed from a failure to follow the IPC's own methodology and guidelines.

Aizenberg noted that there was a discrepancy between the projected number of deaths due to malnutrition, which should have numbered in the thousands per month, and the GHM's own estimate of 475 Gazans who died from "famine and malnutrition" during the entire two-year war.

According to a report in The Jerusalem Post, the IDF also disputes some of those deaths, as the military claims that it knew of cases where children were reported dead, but were established to still be alive.

The IDF's COGAT (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories) has often pointed out discrepancies between the United Nations' rhetoric, accusing Israel of limiting food or other humanitarian aid, while the amount of aid going in often exceeds the U.N.'s own recommendations.

In early February 2026, reports emerged that Hamas announced plans to disburse approximately 500 shekels (roughly US $160) to every widow of individuals killed during the "Al-Aqsa Flood War".

The group stated that these payments would be made to as many as 50,000 widowed families, totaling an estimated disbursement of 25 million shekels (US $8 million).

The quote you referenced reflects a contemporary analysis of the announcement:

Implied Priority: While the official statement did not explicitly name Hamas families as the sole recipients, observers in Gaza widely understood the term "Al-Aqsa Flood" (Hamas's name for the October 7, 2023, attacks) to mean that the "lion's share" of this aid was intended for the widows of Hamas members rather than the general population.

"Though not stated explicitly in the statement, it was widely understood in Gaza that the reference to “Al-Aqsa Flood” – Hamas’s term for its October 7, 2023 onslaught – meant the lion’s share of aid would go to the widows of Hamas members" - Google Search

I don’t believe it but have to accuse Israel of genocide due to political pressure, legislator tells JNS.
“Nobody was going to engage with me, or even talk to me, or not just throw me in some bucket if I wasn’t willing to say that,” the lawmaker said.
Aaron Bandler.

(Jan. 13, 2026 / JNS)
It feels necessary, due to political pressure, to accuse the Jewish state publicly of committing “genocide” in Gaza even though that charge is untrue, a New England legislator told JNS on background.

“I don’t think that ‘genocide’ is a term that can be used in the moment, in the fog of war,” the legislator told JNS. But there has been “so much mounting pressure” after lawmakers in the legislator’s state began accusing Israel of “genocide,” the lawmaker said.

“Nobody was going to engage with me, or even talk to me, or not just throw me in some bucket if I wasn’t willing to say that,” the legislator told JNS. “They didn’t want to hear anything else that I wanted to say. They just wanted to hear whether or not I was going to use that word.”

The legislator also felt such pressure from news outlets that reached out for comment on the matter, the person said.

“Depending on how you answer this question, are you going to be able to stay relevant in this conversation or be able to offer anything to this conversation unless you use this word they want to hear or not hear?” the legislator said.

The lawmaker added that the situation in Gaza is not a major issue for constituents and that colleagues in the state are in the same position, but “what becomes very apparent is that it doesn’t matter.”

“You can use that word, and I did, and it really made absolutely no difference in their narrative,” the legislator told JNS.

Kurt Schwartz, CEO of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis, told JNS that “Jewish and pro-Israel communities, facing ever-increasing levels of antisemitism that are frequently expressed in hate, threats and violence, are too often let down by the response of community and elected leaders.”

“This is not a time to cower. This is not a time for equivocation,” Schwartz said. “It is a time for moral clarity, leadership and strong voices denouncing bald lies such as the genocide libel.”

Schwartz added that “politicians who shirk their obligations and lie to pass political litmus tests are failing their constituents, failing to recognize that strong voices and leadership are needed in these challenging times and are contributing to the dangerous escalation of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate.”

“We should remember the quote often attributed to Edmund Burke,” he said. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Mort Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, told JNS that the legislator “said the hidden truth out loud.”

“The dangerous, Islamist and media inspired evolving U.S. culture has made it ‘cool’ and almost obligatory to promote ugly propaganda lies against the Jewish state,” Klein said.

“This reminds me of the widely believed insane lies in the Middle Ages that Jews poisoned the wells to kill Christians and that Jews murdered Christian children to use their blood to make matzah,” he said. “We need political and religious and media leaders forcefully and repeatedly repudiate these lies or it will lead to tragic consequences.”

A spokesman for the World Jewish Congress told JNS that the organization “deeply concerned by the growing effort to turn support for Israel into a political litmus test, where candidates are pressured to disavow the Jewish state or embrace false accusations of genocide simply to be deemed acceptable.”

“Israel is America’s closest ally in the Middle East and a fellow democracy that shares—and defends—core Western values,” the spokesman said. “Demonizing Israel or applying standards to it that are applied to no other nation does not advance peace or human rights.”

“Rather, it fuels polarization, legitimizes antisemitism and weakens the moral clarity democracies need in an increasingly dangerous world,” the organization said.
https://www.jns.org/i-dont-believe-it-but-have-to-accuse-israel-of-genocide-due-to-political-pressure-legislator-tells-jns/

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