IDF Airdrops Cigarettes over Gaza with Anti-Hamas Messages

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) dropped packs of cigarettes on Gaza this week, offering relief for Palestinian smokers — and leaflets urging them to turn against Hamas and its new leader, Yahya Sinwar, who is somewhere underground. Cigarettes have been in short supply in Gaza since Hamas launched its war on October 7. Though Israel has trucked in massive quantities of aid, more than enough to provide for the daily food needs of every person in the territory, it has not supplied tobacco. Gazans have taken to social media to...