A separate U.S. program that provides contraceptives internationally spent $60 million worldwide in one year, but Gaza was not among the recipients.
During her first official White House briefing as President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” Trump’s team,
USAID's financial year 2023 report on contraceptive and condom shipments notes that only one Jordan received a small shipment of contraceptives.
Trump doubles down on $50 million condoms for Gaza claim — but the details are murky - The Trump administration clarified the claim on Wednesday, saying the $50 million was part of a broader aid packa
Donald Trump has boasted that the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency stopped $50 million worth of condoms being sent to Hamas on the Gaza Strip.
US aid experts on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's claim that the United States had spent $50 million to fund condoms for the war-battered Gaza Strip, which the president has sought to make a poster child for wasteful spending.
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The Four returning hostages -- Daniella Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev -- have crossed into Israeli territory with IDF and ISA Forces, according to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency.
There is currently no indication of the presence of the hostages. Hamas is expected to release Karina Ariev, 20; Daniella Gilboa, 20; Naama Levy, 20; and Liri Albag, 19. In exchange, Israel will release 200 Palestinians being held in prisons.
Since the onset of the Israeli genocide on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, individuals with physical and men
Aid experts have dismissed Trump's claim that $50 million was being spent on condoms for Gaza, with it being used to justify aid cuts.