Hamas accepting bribes to put healthy Gazans on emergency medical evacuation list - report

Hamas officials are allegedly exploiting the medical evacuation system from Gaza by accepting bribes, allowing healthy individuals to leave the strip in place of those genuinely in need, The Telegraph reported.

The report is based on unproven testimonies from Gazans with sick or injured family members. These accounts suggest that healthy individuals have obtained forged medical documents to secure spots on evacuation lists. Families of genuinely ill patients claim that their loved ones have been moved down the queue after bribes were paid to Hamas officials.

Concerns are amplified by the fact that Hamas controls Gaza's health authorities, creating an inherent conflict of interest and potential for corruption within the system. This alleged bribery follows earlier reports during the Israel-Hamas War of Gazans bribing Hamas and Egyptian border guards to escape the territory.

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My mother spent most of her treatment lying in a miserable corridor… I was forced to buy the simplest intravenous and muscular painkillers with my own money, even though the Ministry of Health is supposed to provide them.

The Telegraph claims that over 20,000 patients require medical assistance abroad, yet only about 20 are permitted to leave Gaza daily by the IDF. Despite an estimated 173,000 war-related injuries in Gaza, only 11,500 have been evacuated. COGAT, however, states that Israel imposes no limitations on Gazan departures and that over 5,000 people have been evacuated since 2024.

One resident, Ahmad Ghanim, described his mother's treatment as lying in a "miserable corridor" and being forced to purchase basic painkillers, despite the Ministry of Health's supposed provision. He expressed shock at the alleged corruption within the system.

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And today, after everything that has happened, I am shocked to find that