Far-right groups blocking Gaza aid receive tax-deductible donations from US and Israel: Report

Three far-right groups that have been preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza have raised over $200,000 in donations from Israel and the US, the AP and Israeli investigative site Shomrim have found in an examination of crowdfunding websites and other public records.

The US and Israel have allowed tax-deductible donations to the groups, one of which is accused of looting or destroying supplies.

Groups working to get aid into the besieged Palestinian enclave told the AP and Shomrim that "incentivizing these donations by making them tax-deductible runs counter to America’s and Israel’s stated commitments to allow unlimited food, water and medicine into Gaza".

Donations have continued despite the US imposing sanctions on one of the groups.