Israel under pressure to conclude flawed case against aid worker
by Bethan McKernan in Gaza City from on (#5WKHH)
Latest court order raises hopes of verdict in trial of World Vision's Mohammed El Halabi
Pressure is mounting on Israel to conclude the trial of a Gazan aid worker accused of funnelling relief money to Hamas in a six-year-old case widely derided by the international community as not worthy of a democratic state".
Mohammed El Halabi, the head of the US-based charity World Vision's Gaza office, was detained in 2016 after being accused by Israel's Shin Bet security service of transferring $7.2m (5.4m) a year to the Palestinian militant group in control of the Gaza Strip.
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