JERUSALEM—An Israeli court sentenced an employee of the international Christian charity World Vision to 12 years in prison on Tuesday, six years after his detention on charges of siphoning millions of dollars in aid destined for projects in the Gaza Strip to the militant group Hamas.
Mohammed El-Halabi, director of the Gaza branch of World Vision International, was arrested in 2016 and convicted in June of channeling roughly $50 million to Hamas over more than five years.