Republicans Looking To Kill $9 Billion in Gaza Humanitarian Aid, Saying It Will Fuel Hamas’s War Effort

Opposition within the House Republican conference may be enough to strike the Gaza aid from the larger package.

AP/Abed Khaled
Israeli forces' flares light up the night sky at the northern Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023. AP/Abed Khaled

In the latest fight over the foreign and military aid package Democrats are attempting to move through the legislative branch, Republicans in Congress are hoping to kill a proposal for $9 billion in humanitarian aid intended to go to civilians at Gaza. The GOP members argue that any money sent will be used by Hamas to bolster its war effort against Israel. 

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