[ajewhere]

I remember Gadi Shamni (former general) explicitly talk about aiding Hamas to contrast Fatah so that they fight each other. Explicitly.

So you are technically perhaps "not lying", but actually you do. They did not do it to "provide basic services".

[dlubarov]

That's just someone talking about their interpretation of Netanyahu's strategy. Individuals can have private thoughts, which others can speculate about. The actual aid deal involved at least three countries (Qatar, Israel and Gaza) and none of them tried to cover it up.

Do you think Israel should block aid funds for basic infrastructure and civil servants' salaries? If you think blocking such aid is bad, but allowing such aid is also somehow nefarious, then what do you expect Israel to do exactly?