The leaders were spotted in the diplomatic club and recorded on private planes. The New York Post claims that senior Hamas officials were in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup. Contrarily, under Hamas's administration since 2007, the vast majority of the Gaza Strip's approximately 2 million residents have fallen into extreme poverty.
Haniya, 61, the head of Hamas' political bureau, became Palestine's prime minister following the 2006 election but was removed from office the following year. He remained in control of the Gaza Strip until 2017, after which he fled to Qatar. Hania, the leader of one of the world's wealthiest terrorist organizations and father of 13 kids, has a net worth of over $4 billion. According to a recent social media post from the Israeli Embassy in the United States, two of his grown kids, Maaz and Abdel Salam, live in fancy hotels in Qatar and Turkey. US Congressman Mike Waltz asked Bill Gates last month to bar Hamas from staying at any Four Seasons property. This includes the Doha location. Gates has invested in this hotel chain.
The Four Seasons Hotel in Doha made the announcement that Hania was not a guest there the previous month, as well. Whether or not this was his first time staying there is left unclear. The hotel's apartments with a view of the ocean start at $900 per night.
Maaz Haniya, Haniya's son, is widely recognized as Gaza's "father of real estate" due to his extensive property portfolio. According to "Israel Today," he now holds a Turkish passport and lives the life of a playboy in Turkey. Another group leader, 67-year-old Khaled Mashal enjoys a game of table tennis. Reportedly, this billionaire enjoys a lavish lifestyle in both Qatar and Turkey.
According to the Israeli government, Mashal, who issued a global threat against Jews after the October 7 slaughter, has a fortune of over $4 billion.
It is said by the Israeli authorities that Abu Marzouk, the 72-year-old commander of Hamas' "international relations office," is worth $3 billion. Marzouk is regarded as Hamas's second-in-command. He was detained in New York in 1995 and holds a master's degree in civil engineering from Colorado. American immigration agents found his name on a terrorist watch list. And then he was sent to a correctional facility in the Big Apple.
According to a report by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FZD), Qatar has long defended the presence of Hamas officials on its soil as part of its support for the terrorist group's transformation into a "responsible governing power." A Washington think tank that focuses on international relations published a report in October estimating that the country gives Hamas between $120 and $480 million every year. Directly, through salaries and bribery schemes, and indirectly, through social services and government operations, these revenues enable Hamas leaders to maintain political control over Gaza, according to the research.
Hamas receives funding from a variety of sources beyond Qatar. The United Nations, which does not consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization, has given the group about $400 million over the previous two years. The UN Relief and Works Agency has reportedly given Hamas $380 million since 2021, as reported by the FZD. The Biden administration has pledged $1 billion through 2021, which accounts for a sizable portion of the total. FZD added, "Our taxpayer dollars have gone into the hands of Hamas," and the Trump administration has cut off aid to Gaza. /BGNES
