(AFP) - An Australian government probe has found no evidence taxpayer money was misused by World Vision in Gaza, after Israel accused Mohammed al-Halabi, the charity's Gaza head of siphoning off millions of dollars per year to Hamas.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said in a statement sent to AFP on Tuesday that its review "uncovered nothing to suggest any diversion of government funds." DFAT said funding of World Vision's programs would remain frozen pending the result of World Vision's probe and al-Halabi's trial. A spokesman for Israel's foreign ministry declined to comment, saying it preferred to allow the trial to play out.