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<div class="gmail-domain-border"></div><h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Starvation and Narcotics: How Israel Turns Aid Routes Into Drug Pipelines in Gaza</h1><span>December 31, 2025 </span> <span class="gmail-d-flex gmail-align-items-center"><ul class="gmail-byline-list gmail-list-unstyled gmail-d-flex gmail-flex-wrap gmail-align-items-center gmail-mb-0 gmail-ps-2"><li class="gmail-byline-item gmail-d-flex gmail-align-items-center gmail-me-2"><a class="gmail-byline-name" href="https://qudsnen.co/all_posts/author/129" rel="author">Nour Dawou</a>d</li></ul></span></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><img src="cid:ii_mjtd12q80" alt="image.png" width="408" height="306"><br><p>As Gaza starves under siege, Israeli-controlled channels are flooding
the Strip with illicit drugs, according to officials, medical
professionals, and eyewitnesses who spoke to <a href="https://qudsnen.co/">Quds News Network (QNN).</a></p>
<p>Since a ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025, Israel has
continued to restrict the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. At the
same time, drugs have entered the besieged enclave through aid-linked
routes and Israeli-controlled airspace.</p>
<p>QNN examines how narcotics enter Gaza, who facilitates their spread,
and why Palestinian authorities describe the practice as a deliberate
weapon of war.</p>
<p><strong><span>\u201cDrugs Flooded the Markets During the War\u201d</span></strong></p>
<p>Residents repeatedly witnessed Israeli drones dropping drugs to collaborators during the assault.</p>
<p>\u201cThis is not new,\u201d Enas, a Palestinian woman displaced from Rafah and
now sheltering in Khan Younis, told QNN. \u201cDrugs and cigarettes flooded
the markets throughout the war, even as Israel kept the crossings
closed.\u201d</p>
<p>Residents of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza also told QNN
that in August, an Israeli quadcopter dropped drugs to two collaborators
in the street. The drone later exploded, killing at least two people.</p>
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<p><strong><span>What Types of Drugs Enter Gaza?</span></strong></p>
<p>Mohamed A., an officer in Gaza\u2019s Interior Ministry, told us that authorities seized a wide range of narcotics.</p>
<p>These include pills, cannabis resin, chemical drugs, and hallucinogenic substances that can cause severe addiction and death.</p>
<p>Some of the drugs target the nervous system and carry lethal side effects.</p>
<p><strong><span>Aid Trucks and Drones: How Drugs Enter Gaza</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Commercial Trucks</strong></p>
<p>The ceasefire promised the immediate entry of full humanitarian aid. The reality looks different.</p>
<p>Israel allows only a limited number of commercial trucks into Gaza.
These trucks do not carry meat, dairy, or fresh vegetables. They mainly
transport snacks, chocolate, crisps, and soft drinks.</p>
<p>According to Gaza officials, at least six commercial trucks each day
are used to smuggle drugs into Gaza. Israeli-backed groups and
individuals coordinate the operation. Smugglers hide narcotics inside
canned food and packaged goods.</p>
<p>Last year, cigarettes also entered Gaza through aid trucks, according
to multiple reports. Smugglers later targeted the trucks inside Gaza to
retrieve the goods.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, Palestinians <a href="https://qudsnen.co/public/post?id=61815&slug=drugs-found-in-us-israeli-aid-flour-bags-in-gaza">found oxycodone pills </a>inside
flour sacks distributed by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian
Foundation. Photos of the pills spread widely on social media.</p>
<p>Oxycodone is a powerful opioid similar to morphine. Doctors prescribe it for severe pain, including cancer and major injuries.</p>
<p>Gaza-based pharmacist Omar Hamad said he personally saw oxycodone pills in four aid flour sacks.</p>
<p>\u201cThe drug acts on specific receptors in the nervous system,\u201d he
wrote. \u201cIt causes severe addiction, slowed heart rate, impaired
consciousness, and dangerous respiratory depression.\u201d</p>
<p>\u201cIts effects can turn a person into something unrecognizable,\u201d he added. \u201cA shell of who they were.\u201d</p>
<p><strong>Drones</strong></p>
<p>During the genocide, Israeli drones dropped packages containing drugs
and cigarettes across Gaza, according to Interior Ministry officials.</p>
<p>After the ceasefire, the practice continued.</p>
<p>Israeli forces now drop boxes of drugs inside the so-called \u201cyellow
line,\u201d an area under Israeli military control. Local dealer networks
collect and distribute the drugs with protection from Israeli-armed
gangs.</p>
<p>The Israeli military presence in the area prevents Palestinian police from intervening.</p>
<p><strong><span>Why Israel Floods Gaza With Narcotics</span></strong></p>
<p>The Government Media Office said Israel uses drugs as a \u201csoft weapon\u201d against civilians.</p>
<p>Officials say the goal is clear: Spread addiction, ncrease crime, destroy social cohesion, undermine mental and physical health.</p>
<p>Interior Ministry investigations show that smuggling operations
exploit Israel\u2019s full control over crossings and the absence of
Palestinian security forces there.</p>
<p>Israel also blocks the entry of scanning devices, making inspection difficult once trucks enter Gaza.</p>
<p>Israel\u2019s control of the \u201cyellow line\u201d allows free coordination with collaborators, officials said.</p>
<p><strong><span>Crushing Gaza\u2019s Security From Within</span></strong></p>
<p>By flooding Gaza with drugs, Israel aims to dismantle the enclave\u2019s security and justice structures.</p>
<p>The result is rising disorder, internal disputes, and social breakdown.</p>
<p>Gaza\u2019s Anti-Drug Task Force burns seized narcotics after raids on
dealers. Officials say the process adds another layer of suffering
during an already devastating humanitarian crisis.</p>
<p>Legal experts say smuggling narcotics through humanitarian channels violates core principles of international humanitarian law.</p>
<p>The Fourth Geneva Convention requires an occupying power to ensure food and medical supplies for civilians.</p>
<p>The practice also violates the 1988 UN Convention Against Illicit
Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, which criminalizes drug smuggling through
civilian and humanitarian systems.</p>
<p>What emerges is not random smuggling, but a systematic abuse of
control over Gaza\u2019s lifelines. By exploiting aid routes, airspace, and
siege conditions, Israel turns humanitarian channels into tools of
social destruction. Long after bombs fall, the damage continues quietly,
chemically, and deliberately, against a population already pushed to
the edge.</p>
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