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Israel sentences Gaza aid worker to six more years in prison

People hold pictures of Mohammad al-Halabi, during a solidarity gathering in Gaza City [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]

An Israeli court has sentenced the former Gaza representative of a major United States-based Christian aid agency to 12 years in prison on allegations of sending money to the Palestinian armed movement Hamas.

Mohammad al-Halabi, former head of operations at World Vision in Gaza, was sentenced by the Beersabe’ (Beersheba) district court on Tuesday, which ruled he would serve another six years in addition to the six he has already spent in prison.

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