CLAIM: The Trump administration stopped $50 million from being sent to the Gaza Strip to buy condoms for Hamas.

During her first official White House briefing as President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” Trump’s team,

Neither the White House nor any federal agency has provided evidence for a plan to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza.

President Donald Trump said this week that he stopped the United States from sending $50 million “to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.” The claims made by Trump and his new press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, were met with an uproar from social media.

The hostages were released in a staged handover that saw them surrounded by Hamas gunmen and crowds of civilians.

A separate U.S. program that provides contraceptives internationally spent $60 million worldwide in one year, but Gaza was not among the recipients.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday, emphasizing the importance of close cooperation to ensure Hamas cannot govern the Gaza Strip again.

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement that Rubio ... the Prime Minister on Israel's successes against Hamas and Hezbollah and pledged to work tirelessly to help free ...

He also "congratulated the Prime Minister on Israel's successes against Hamas and Hezbollah and pledged to work tirelessly to help free all remaining hostages held in Gaza," she said.

The Israeli military this week launched a raid in the Jenin area, a hotbed of Palestinian militancy, days into a ceasefire in the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

According to State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce, Rubio spoke with Netanyahu ... Netanyahu on “Israel’s successes against Hamas and Hezbollah” and pledged to “work tirelessly ...