What we know about Trump's claim that the U.S. planned to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza

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. 

"We identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas," he said Wednesday. "They've used them as a method of making bombs."

The U.S. Department of State said in 2021 that Hamas and other militant groups have a history of launching incendiary balloons toward Israel. Previous photos taken by The Associated Press in 2020 show masked men attaching incendiary devices to gas-filled condoms and balloons.