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Charity watchdog investigates aid charity over alleged Hamas links
A UK-based aid charity is being investigated by counter-terror police and the charity watchdog over alleged links to Hamas.
The Charity Commission launched an inquiry into Muslim faith-based charity Al-Khair Foundation on Friday.
Counter Terror Policing London (CTP) also confirmed investigations into the charity, with two search warrants on addresses in Croydon, South London.
The foundation said it is "co-operating fully" with the inquiry and had filed a serious incident report with the watchdog before it was launched.
A spokesperson for the foundation said: "Everywhere we work we are firmly committed to ensuring that the funds entrusted to us by our generous donors are used for their intended purpose: meeting the humanitarian needs of poor and marginalised people in the communities we serve.
"Al-Khair Foundation is deeply committed to supporting those in need in Gaza. Our significant support over many years has included providing food parcels, hot meals, clean water, medical aid, shelter materials, winter assistance and orphan and family support."
The Al-Khair Foundation provides emergency relief and developmental support in "some of the world's most impoverished areas", according to its website.
Hamas is designated as a terrorist organisation by the UK and US governments.
It comes after last week Mohammad Yousef Hasna, 45, from Istanbul, Turkey, was arrested in the UK over US accusations of conspiring to funnel money and supplies to Hamas through a "sham charity".
The US Department of Justice did not name the "sham charity" in their press release.