Weaponry meant for Ukraine has been sold on the black market and is being used by Hamas.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Fact-checkers including AP, Snopes, Full Fact, Lead Stories and Euronews examined the allegation that Ukraine-supplied weapons are sold on the black market and used by Hamas, and found no evidence for it; the claim is a debunked disinformation narrative. PolitiFact notes only that it is not inconceivable Hamas obtained U.S.
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… in an age where, uhm, no matter how powerful Jews are, you can't produce the military equipment quickly enough after the Ukrainian debacle, where there's almost nothing left, and then suddenly, you know, make it appear. And I think most of you know that the weaponry meant for Ukraine on the black market has found its way all throughout the world, especially the Third World, and Hamas is using some. Also, they claim it may well be true, because black market arms sales has exploded since February of last year. But that's, that's where we are right now, and uhm, that's why the New Khazaria idea exploded starting in the '90s. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. AP's fact-check reports that neither the BBC nor Bellingcat found any evidence that Ukraine funneled arms to Hamas, and that the purported report linking Ukraine to Hamas was fabricated.[1]
Contradicts. Snopes finds that claims about weapons ending up with Hamas appear based on misinformation, and that most purported Ukrainian black-market arms dealing was scams or Russian information operations.[2]
Contradicts. Full Fact states there is no evidence Ukraine supplies weapons to Hamas and that the claim has been widely debunked; Euronews likewise finds no concrete evidence linking Hamas's arsenal to Ukraine.[3][5]
Contradicts. PolitiFact found no public confirmation that Hamas used U.S. weapons in the October 7 attacks, though experts said Hamas could conceivably obtain U.S. weapons via the black market, a possibility rather than evidence of actual use.[4]
Context. Later analyses from the Center for Security Studies and EUvsDisinfo describe the black-market-to-Hamas narrative as a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation theme with no supporting evidence.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 4 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the factsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2No evidence Ukraine sold US weapons to Mexican cartels, militant groupssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Washington Post did not report that Ukraine supplies ...fullfact.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 4Ask PolitiFact: Where does Hamas get its weapons?politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 5Fact-check: Has Ukraine supplied Hamas militants with ...euronews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 62csd.eu · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Disinfo: Black market booms with Ukrainian weaponseuvsdisinfo.eu · not rated · cited for: context
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