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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Gaza Aid Worker Gets 12 Years on Israeli Terror Charges

Amal el-Halabi holds her grandson Fares while her grandson Amro, 7, holds a picture of his father Mohammed el-Halabi, Gaza director of the international charity World Vision, who was convicted by an Israeli court of diverting sums to Hamas, at his family house in Gaza City, Aug. 8, 2016. (AP)

An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced the Gaza director of a major international charity to 12 years in prison after the court earlier convicted him of terrorism charges in a high-profile case in which independent investigations found no proof of wrongdoing.

Mohammed el-Halabi, the Gaza director for the international Christian charity World Vision, was arrested in 2016 and accused of diverting tens of millions of dollars to the Hamas movement that rules the territory.

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