World Vision: Israel accuses Gaza director of funneling 'impossible sums' to Hamas
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The international charity World Vision said on Monday that Israel has accused the charity's Gaza Strip director of funneling what appears to be an impossible sum of money to Hamas.
According to the Shin Betm Mohammed el-Halabi confessed to siphoning about $7.2 million a year to Hamas over five years. The agency says this is roughly 60 percent of World Vision's total Gaza budget.
World Vision Germany spokeswoman Silvia Holten said the charity's budget in Gaza in the last decade totaled $22.5 million. She said World Vision has stopped its Gaza operations amid investigations.
Holten says "there is a huge gap in these numbers the Israeli government is telling and what we know."
