President Donald Trump claimed that his administration had “identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.”

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.

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,

No US government funding was used to procure or distribute condoms,' International Medical Corps says in statement following Trump's claims - Anadolu Ajansı

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

Both President Trump and his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, have claimed that the administration has stopped a plan to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza as part of the new administration’s reevaluation of federal funding.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, called the alleged aid “a preposterous waste of taxpayer money.”

There is no evidence that the U.S. earmarked $50 million in condoms to Gaza, or that it has recently spent $50 million on condoms in Gaza. On X, a State Department spokesperson said the freeze stopped $100 million in funding to Gaza which included money for contraception.

By Daniel Dale, Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — During her first official White House briefing as

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

One of the Trump administration's first acts in office was to freeze almost all foreign aid. The administration claims the move is already bearing fruit.