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US spent millions on STD prevention in Gaza. But it was a province in Mozambique

Trump said the US stopped $50m in condoms 'for Hamas' but USAid shows no record of sending condoms to Palestinian enclave

In a press conference on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that one of those unnecessary programmes included sending $50m worth of condoms and contraceptives to Gaza, where, for the past 15 months, Israel has waged a full-scale war and limited all aid entering the Palestinian enclave. Leavitt said the $50m was located by the Department of Government Efficiency, a new task force created by Trump and led by billionaire Elon Musk. The claim from the Trump administration drew widespread confusion and scepticism until, on Thursday, an account on X found there was a US grant worth $83m that was directed towards the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases in Gaza.

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