An Israeli court has handed a guilty verdict to a Gaza aid worker accused of funnelling relief money to Hamas, despite international outcry at the lack of evidence in the high-profile case that has dragged on for years.
Mohammad El Halabi, the former head of the US-based charity World Vision’s Gaza office, was arrested in 2016 after being accused by Israel’s Shin Bet security service of transferring tens of millions of dollars to Hamas, the Palestinian militant group in control inside the Gaza Strip. He has been held in pre-trial detention since.
