Current sectionGaza NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeGoods trucks in Gaza City after entering through the Zikim border crossing, November. Credit: Jehad Alshrafi / APThirteen Gazan brokers and about 10 Israeli companies are earning a fortune from the mechanism controlling trade with the Gaza Strip01:56 PM • May 17 2026 IDTAt first glance, it's hard to understand the purpose of the Arabic-language Facebook page, "The October 7 Millionaires." It features clearly fabricated images of traders from Gaza exchanging money with senior officials in the Israeli defense establishment, who are responsible for trade with the Strip. The images are accompanied by captions such as: "The price was a villa in the U.S. as a bribe to a person named Avi (full name withheld), in exchange for facilitating the entry of goods to Hamas so it could regain its former strength. Will we see October 7 repeat itself?"In the NewsThe Israeli and Palestinian Merchants Reaping Huge Profits From Gaza Trade'Netanyahu Betrayed Us': Israeli Haredi Parties Want to Be Kingmakers AgainLebanon Says 18 Killed, 124 Wounded in Israeli Strikes Over Past DayGaza Hospital Says One Killed, Two Wounded in Israeli StrikeIsrael Has Lost Big Time in the Court of Public Opinion, Credit to NetanyahuRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Hasidic Jews Behind Florida's Giant Golden Trump StatueStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityIt Wasn't Just Revenge That Israel Was After in GazaWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish CalendarIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter AttackedIsrael Attacks New York Times for Report on Sexual Violence by Israeli Forces