‘Squad’-backed NJ Dem Adam Hamawy spent a month at Gaza hospital where Israelis later exposed tunnels and found Sinwar
Adam Hamawy, the Democratic nominee for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, previously volunteered at a hospital in Gaza where tunnels linked to Hamas were later discovered. He has consistently claimed that the hospital was benign and free of weapons during his time there. Despite facing scrutiny over his past affiliations, there is no evidence linking him directly to terrorism.
- ▪Adam Hamawy volunteered at Gaza's European Hospital in May 2024, insisting it was a civilian facility.
- ▪He served as a combat surgeon in the Iraq War and has received awards for his service.
- ▪Questions about his ties to terrorism arose after revelations about his past volunteer work in Bosnia with a group later linked to al-Qaeda.
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Politics ‘Squad’-backed NJ Dem Adam Hamawy spent a month at Gaza hospital where Israelis later exposed tunnels and found Sinwar By Ryan King Published June 3, 2026, 2:21 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google WASHINGTON — The New Jersey Democrats’ newly crowned nominee for the 12th Congressional District race, Adam Hamawy, once spent a month at a hospital in Gaza, which he insisted was “completely benign” months before the Israelis found a tunnel system leading to a Hamas leader. Hamawy, an Egyptian-born former combat surgeon, had done volunteer work at Gaza’s European Hospital in May 2024 for several weeks and later publicly fended off accusations that Hamas was operating there.
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