She was on her way to deliver funds and visit patients in a hospital in Khan Younis when she was confronted by Hamas terrorists who demanded that she hand over her funds to them.
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
A Gazan woman, Islam Hijazi, was gunned down in her car in Khan Younis by Hamas for refusing to hand over funds raised for Gazan civilians by her organization.
Islam Hijazi, a mother of two young children, was head of HEAL Palestine, an NGO that funds healthcare and humanitarian aid to Gazan civilians.
She was on her way to deliver funds and visit patients in a hospital in Khan Younis when she was confronted by Hamas terrorists who demanded that she hand over her funds to them.
When Hijazi refused, terrorists opened fire on her, and 90 bullets entered her body.
“Islam was a mother of two young children, a humane woman with the highest ethics and professionalism. She stayed in Gaza intentionally to help others. She always said, ‘I’m staying here to help our people,'” The NGO said in a statement following the murder.
Iyad Khader, a Gaza resident, posted on social media, writing, “A mafia has recently been established in the southern part of the Strip to loot, kill, steal and terrorize the residents. War must declare war on them immediately.”
A political researcher from Gaza, Hussein Jamal said, “This isn’t the first of such a case. The truth is that civilians are murdered daily and no one talks about it. Hijazi was unfortunately well-known; otherwise, no one would have known the circumstances or details of her death.”
In December, a Palestinian man in Gaza told an IDF soldier during a recorded conversation that Hamas is stealing UNWRA humanitarian aid, according to a report Monday by the New York Post.
When the soldier was telling Gazan civilians where to evacuate and seek supplies during the military campaign, a Palestinian man voluntarily came up. He told him the true situation of the UNWRA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency)–that it is under the direct control of Hamas which is stealing the humanitarian aid.
He said in a recording, “The situation is terrible because the humanitarian people, those responsible for the humanitarian aid, are thieves.”
“Hamas has their hands on UNRWA administration workers, and it manages UNRWA,” he explained. “From the day they [Hamas] rose to power, they took control of everything.”
He also described how Hamas kept the lion’s share of the humanitarian aid for their own terrorist leaders and forces when they were supposed to distribute the supplies to civilians.