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Last Updated:January 29, 2025, 09:34 IST
White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) found "that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza".
US President Donald Trump (Image: Reuters)
The Donald Trump administration froze all foreign aid including millions of dollars-worth of US funding for “condoms in Gaza" following an executive order as per which all grants, loans and federal assistance programs pending are being halted until a review is conducted. The freezing of aid includes Ukraine as well, with exceptions only for Israel and Egypt.
White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) found “that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza".
She added, “That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money. So that’s what this pause is focused on, being good stewards of tax dollars."
She also said that this is “not a blanket pause" but designed to ensure federal spending is aligned with the “priorities of the American people".
In 2020, The Jerusalem Post reported that scores of condoms were being used to create IED-carrying balloons that winds would carry into schoolyards, agricultural fields, highways in southern Israel.
These improvised explosive devices floated into Israel using inflated contraceptives and burned thousands of hectares of land and caused “millions of shekels of damage", the report claimed.
The condoms were supplied by either local Palestinian organisations or by international humanitarian aid organisations, it added.
Location :Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
First Published:January 29, 2025, 09:29 IST
News world No More Condoms For Gaza? Trump Administration Freezes $50 Million In Funding
