{"id":45417,"date":"2016-08-21T17:05:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=45417"},"modified":"2016-08-18T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T12:16:27","slug":"13-05-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=45417","title":{"rendered":"Aerial photo reveals Hamas misuse of international donations to Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/idf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/08\/aerial-photo-reveals-hamas-misuse-international-donations-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aerial photo reveals Hamas misuse of international donations to Gaza<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Donations from the United Kingdom made to the Christian aid organization World Vision were used by Hamas to build one of such 70 military bases that operate in Gaza. The allegations are part of the June 15, 2016 arrest of Mohammed El-Halabi, a senior World Vision worker facing charges of funneling $43 million in charity funds to Hamas.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gaza-taza-EN-2psd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Gaza-taza-EN-2psd.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Aerial photo reveals Hamas misuse of international donations to Gaza IDF Blog | The Official Blog of the Israel Defense Forces<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-45435\" class=\"post-45435 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hamas category-terrorism-idf-news tag-hamas tag-idf tag-israel-defense-forces tag-mohammed-el-halabi tag-world-vision\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Eighty thousand dollars of aid donated to World Vision by the United Kingdom, which was intended to help the civilians of Gaza, build badly-needed infrastructure, and provide food and medical care to those in need, was instead invested in building a Hamas military base and pocketed by the terrorists who constructed it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cIn this compound we have identified surveillance and observation capabilities facing north, towards Israel.\u201d IDF Spokesperson Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said. \u201cI can also tell you that in June 2015 we targeted components within the compound following a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/09\/renewal-of-rocket-attacks-on-israel\/\">rocket attack<\/a><\/span><\/strong> against Israel.\u201d The active Hamas military base, codenamed \u201cPalestine,\u201d was built, among other things, for close-quarter combat training in the northern Gaza city of Jabalia, the third-largest Gazan city. The relatively large base is 600 by 200 meters, and is a short distance from residential buildings, as seen in the below declassified aerial map.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The World Vision investigation exposed that sixty percent of the charity group\u2019s annual budget was funneled to terror activities by Halabi, the Palestinian manager of the World Vision\u2019s Gaza branch. Forty three million dollars of aid earmarked for agriculture, treatment for the disabled, and public health was instead used by Hamas to buy weapons, build military bases, and fund the construction of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/05\/hamas-ops-admit-building-tunnels-beneath-homes-mosques-gaza\/\">tunnels<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which were used in the past to kidnap Israeli soldiers and stage attacks against Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">This is by no means the first time that Hamas has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/07\/global-aid-gaza-rise-2016-well-hamas-cross-border-tunnel-construction\/\">diverted international aid <\/a><\/strong><\/span>away from the Gazan population in their care to terrorist activities that endanger them. International aid to the Gaza Strip is at an all-time high; despite the funds and materials flowing into the strip, only 23% Palestinian homes damaged during <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idfblog.com\/operationgaza2014\/\">Hamas\u2019s last war<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with Israel have been rebuilt. Instead of reconstructing Gaza, Hamas spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a month on terror tunnel infrastructure and rearmament, which only puts more Gazan civilians at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\" content-alignment&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt; \">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> twoje uwagi, linki, wlasne artykuly, lub wiadomosci przeslij do: <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 710px;\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aerial photo reveals Hamas misuse of international donations to Gaza Donations from the United Kingdom made to the Christian aid organization World Vision were used by Hamas to build one of such 70 military bases that operate in Gaza. 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