State prosecutors file charges this morning against a man suspected of transferring over a million shekels to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group under the guise of donating to Gazan children, police announce.
Police arrested 36-year-old Tamra resident Ahmad Diab in a raid on his home in June. Officers seized NIS 70,000 ($21,000) and several hundred US dollars in the operation.
Diab began transferring funds to the Islamic Jihad in July 2024, after being contacted online by an operative in the terror group, according to the indictment. He had been active in collecting money for Gaza through online fundraisers since 2020 and presumably exploited crowdfunded donations to support the Gaza-based terror group.
Police say that Diab transferred approximately NIS 1.5 million ($450,000) to the Islamic Jihad via a middleman in the West Bank, who was in contact with the operative in the terror group. The defendant traveled several times to the West Bank to meet his contact in person, police say.
Diab is charged this morning with the security offenses of contact with a foreign agent and aiding a terrorist organization.
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