Israel arrests UN Gaza employee ‘for aiding Hamas’JERUSALEM: Israel said on Tuesday it had arrested and charged a United Nations employee for allegedly providing “material assistance” to the Islamist movement Hamas. He is the second humanitarian worker to be charged by Israel in the past week with aiding Hamas, which has run the Gaza Strip since 2007. Since 2008, Israel has fought three wars in Gaza with Hamas, which is branded a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States and the European Union. The statement said the charges demonstrate “how Hamas exploits the resources of international aid organizations at the expense of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip”. The government announcement follows the charging on Thursday of the Gaza head of US-based NGO World Vision with diverting millions of dollars of international aid money to Hamas.

Source: Manila Times August 09, 2016 11:26 UTC