Coffee and cash: how Hamas pays its civil servants in secret
- Posted on September 10, 2025
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Coffee and cash: how Hamas pays its civil servants in secret

Karim, a public works ministry employee in Gaza's Hamas-run government, received what seemed like an ordinary message on his phone -- an invitation "for a coffee". Massoud, an officer in the Hamas police force, said he recently received a message on his wife's phone inviting him to "have tea".