Cash not misused

BETHLEHEM: An Australian government probe has found no evidence that taxpayer money was misused by NGO World Vision in the Gaza Strip, despite ongoing allegations by the Israeli government that millions of dollars were diverted from the organisation to the Hamas movement, the de facto ruling party of the besieged coastal enclave.

Muhammad al-Halabi, the head of the group’s office in Gaza, was detained by Israeli forces in June and charged with financing Hamas with funds from the organisation on August 4. – Ma’an