Israelis steal over $54 million from the Bank of Palestine in Gaza
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The robbery was launched after a sniper had targeted Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the bank. Following the incident, the occupation forces raided the bank and ransacked the money.
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An Israeli occupation soldier carrying a box of cash stolen from the occupied West Bank, occupied Palestine, during a raid on December 28, 2023 (Social media)
The Israeli newspaper Maariv revealed that the Israeli occupation has stolen 54.29 million dollars from the Bank of Palestine in its Gaza headquarters, after storming it last week.
Maariv, citing Israeli occupation officers, reported that the occupation soldiers "risked their lives" to seize hundreds of millions of shekels from the Bank of Palestine, that were initially allocated for the Palestinian Authority.
Allegedly, the robbery was launched after a sniper had targeted Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the bank. Following the incident, the occupation forces raided the bank and ransacked the money.
The Israeli forces spokesperson told Maariv that the "IOF operated the bank a week ago to misdirect the money transferred to the Palestinian Authority, and stop Hamas from acquiring it."
"Israel" has notoriously employed this tactic in Gaza and the West Bank, and while murdering almost 30,000 Palestinians has not been enough to quench their greed, looting valuables has also been an active pursuit.
Occupation soldiers have proudly documented the processes by which they looted Palestinian homes after they forcibly displaced civilians out of them.
" IF I DON'T STEAL IT SOMEONE WILL COME AND DO IT"
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IOF ISRAHELLI'S PROUDLY STREAMING WHILE HE STEALING PALESTINIANS HOUSES pic.twitter.com/EKaRFYEYE2
Not just material valuables
It was recently revealed that "Israel" stole 350 bodies from Gaza since the beginning of the war, claiming that they sought to verify whether there were any Israeli captives among them.
On December 27, the Government Media Office in Gaza revealed that the Israeli occupation forces handed over the mutilated bodies of 80 martyrs after stealing their organs, adding that the bodies were unidentified and the occupation refused to specify the names of these martyrs or the places from which they were stolen.
The occupation repeated the crime of stealing organs more than once during its real-time genocidal war, as per the statement.
Meanwhile, it was highlighted that Israeli occupation forces have been involved in a grave crime, specifically the kidnapping of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs and the theft of their vital organs.
Later on January 6, the Government Media Office in Gaza revealed that the Israeli occupation forces committed a new atrocity, involving razing a cemetery in al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City and desecrating approximately 1,100 graves.
Following this heinous act, the Israeli occupation forces reportedly stole around 150 bodies of recently buried martyrs. These bodies were dug out from their graves and transported to an undisclosed location. This has sparked suspicions of yet another crime, specifically the theft of organs from the martyrs.
Read more: 'Israel' hands over bodies of 100 martyrs after stealing their organs
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