TORONTO – The RCMP says it has raided the Ontario head-office of a Canadian organization that provided humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
Police say a Quebec residence was also searched as part of a terrorism-financing investigation into the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy.
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They say they seized computers and documents from the office in Mississauga and residence.
Ottawa has formally branded the Canadian organization as a terrorist entity.
The moves come just days before the start of a court battle over the revocation of the group’s charitable status in 2011 for its alleged support for Hamas, itself branded as a terrorist organization.
A lawyer for the group condemned the listing.
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