The Israel Defense Forces says a Palestinian man was arrested for smuggling building materials to terror group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip.
According to a statement by the military, Tamer Ahmed Mahmad Brim, a 36-year-old Gaza resident, admitted to delivering “hundreds of tons of building materials” — intended for reconstruction following Operation Protective Edge last summer — straight to Hamas.
Brim was arrested in late August at the Erez Crossing between Israel and Gaza.
“The transferring of the materials successfully bypassed the UN monitoring mechanism. The UN mechanism was put in place in order to ensure that materials which are donated by countries and organizations are used for reconstruction and development of civilian infrastructure,” the military says, adding that this is “another example of how Hamas replenishes its terror infrastructure using money and materials donated for the reconstruction and the development of the civilian infrastructure of the Gaza Strip.”
Israel filed an indictment with a Beersheba court charging Brim with “endangering state security through aiding a terror organization and involvement with illegal materials intended for terror,” according to the statement.
Illustrative photo of cars being transported near the Erez crossing into Gaza (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
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