Cleared for publication – In a joint ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) -Police operation, Tamer Ahmed Muhammad Barim, 36, a resident of Bani Suheila in Gaza, was arrested on 31 August 2015 at Erez Crossing.

Barim subsequently admitted that in the context of his profession as a merchant, he transferred hundreds of tons of building materials, which had been earmarked for the rehabilitation and development of Gaza directly to the Hamas terrorist organization.

The transfer of the building materials to Hamas was carried out by circumventing the UN monitoring system that was designed to verify that the materials, which were financed by donor countries and other agencies, were transferred for the rehabilitation of the civilian infrastructures in Gaza.

The foregoing is additional evidence of Hamas’s cynical exploitation of donated funds and materials that were designed for the rehabilitation and development of civilian infrastructures in Gaza for terrorism.

Barim was indicted in the Beersheva District Court, on 1 October 2015, on three counts of perpetrating crimes against the security of the state, including aiding and abetting a terrorist organization and purchasing items for use in terrorism.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)