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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/944304.html
Gazans Returning from Haj Smuggled In $100 Million for Hamas
[Ha'aretz] Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff and Barak Ravid - Hamas smuggled $100 million into Gaza in recent weeks, Israel Security Agency head Yuval Diskin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Sunday. Hundreds of Gazans returning from the haj in Mecca were allowed direct entry via Egypt, contrary to an earlier agreement with Israel, which insisted that they must cross through Israeli-controlled checkpoints. "The money that was smuggled is not being distributed to the residents, but is being used by Hamas people only," he said.