A UK charity raising money for Gaza has been accused of helping to fund Hamas.
Save One Life UK has been reported to counter-terror police over fears that some of the money it has raised for children may be funnelled to the terror group.
The charity, which has raised around £2million in the past four years, says on its website says its focus is to ‘support the most vulnerable people of Gaza’.
Most of its aid has been directed to the region since the start of Israel‘s war on the terror group, following the October 7 attacks in which 1,320 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.
However it is understood that concerns have been raised about the apparent lack of control in which some of the money raised by the charity is being spent.
On Thursday, a complaint on the charity’s activities was sent to the Metropolitan Police via the Government’s system for reporting material promoting suspected of terrorism or extremism.
The complaint has now been passed to the counter terrorism referral unit for investigation.
A spokesman for Campaign Against Antisemitism has said these are ‘extremely serious allegations’ which the police must ‘urgently investigate’.
The charity, which has raised around £2million in the past four years, says on its website says its focus is to ‘support the most vulnerable people of Gaza’
Save One Life UK has been reported to counter-terror police over fears that some of the money it has raised for children may end up being funnelled to the terror group
Save One Life UK has been approached for comment.
According to documents seen by The Telegraph, the complainant reportedly told the police that the charity is sending money to Gaza ‘via an unknown broker in Turkey’ and called this ‘suspicious’.
The complainant told police: ‘A charity can be investigated if it is suspected of transferring money for non-charitable purposes including political activity and support of terrorism.’
Photos submitted to officers appear to show charity workers giving out cash enveloped to children in the region.
In other video, one of the charity’s workers gave cash to a families who fled their home and living in temporary shelter.
This has raised concerns, according to the complaint, that the charity may have limited control over where the funds it has raised in the UK ultimately end up, particularly in areas governed and controlled by Hamas.
It has raised concerns that the charity has limited control over where the funds it has raised in the UK ultimately end up, particularly in areas governed and controlled by Hamas
The October 7 attacks happened early in the morning around 6.30am local time (4.30am UK).
At 10am, the charity shared a post on their Facebook page saying ‘Our Brothers and Sisters in Palestine are under attack again. Please keep them in your du’as.’
On the first anniversary of the attacks, the charity shared a post saying: ’12 months of brutal violence. Decades of resilient resistance. Palestine stands strong despite the devastation, but they need our support more than ever. Stand with our Ummah in Palestine.’
A spokesman for Campaign Against Antisemitism has called for an inquiry to be open, saying: ‘These are extremely serious allegations, and the police must urgently investigate.
‘It is clearly intolerable for funds from the UK to go to a proscribed terrorist organisation, but for charitable funds to have potentially done so makes a mockery of our charitable regime, and the Charity Commission must also open an urgent inquiry.’
