Hamas Interior Ministry documents taken from the Gaza Strip shed new light on the methods the terror group used to exert control over foreign-aid groups, NGO Monitor revealed in a report on Wednesday.

“[T]he documents reveal that NGOs were complicit in this regime, hiding or downplaying Hamas abuses, and acquiescing to its demands,” according to the report, titled, “Puppet Regime: Hamas’ Coercive Grip on Aid and NGO Operations in Gaza.”

The Arabic documents were recently declassified by the Israel Defense Forces. They cover the years 2018-2022 and originate with the Hamas Interior Security Mechanism (ISM), a unit within the Hamas Ministry of Interior and National Security.

The documents prove that the NGOs in Gaza aren’t independent, said NGO Monitor, but part of “an institutionalized f

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