I think you posted the wrong link? This doesn't say Israel paid Hamas, it says Qatar (in the course of funding basic infrastructure like electricity in Gaza) di

I think you posted the wrong link? This doesn't say Israel paid Hamas, it says Qatar (in the course of funding basic infrastructure like electricity in Gaza) did. Israel simply didn't stop them from doing it. If Israel had, people would be accusing them of killing Gazan civilians because Gaza wouldn't have electricity, and thus no functioning hospitals. Kind of a lose-lose for them. I can see why Texas A&M would want to exit a country that's currently sheltering Hamas leadership, however. Kind of a bad look.