Israel alleges Gaza World Vision head sent millions to Hamas

An Israeli court on Thursday charged the Gaza director of the World Vision non-governmental organisation with passing millions of dollars to the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas and its armed wing. Mohammed al-Halabi was alleged to have diverted $7.2 million (6.5 million euros) each year since 2010, with some of it funding the Gaza Strip rulers' military campaign against Israel, said the Shin Bet internal security agency. Halabi, who was born in 1978, was arrested in June and indicted Thursday on a number of charges, including funding "terror".