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Israel shuts down Hamas charity in West Bank

Israeli troops on Monday shut down a Hamas-linked charity in the northern West Bank city of Nablus in a dawn operation, according to Palestinian security officials and witnesses.

The soldiers searched the offices of the The Al-Tadamon (Solidarity) association, confiscating documents and computers before sealing the building.

They then placed a sign on the door saying "the offices of the al-Tadamon association have been closed because they were part of terrorist infrastructure," witnesses said.

Israel's Haaretz newspaper said the army has decided to intensify its campaign against charities and other civil associations linked to the Islamist movement which seized power in the Gaza Strip in June 2007.

Earlier this year Israeli troops raided and shut down several warehouses and offices of the Islamic Charity Movement and the Islamic Youth Association in the southern West Bank town of Hebron.

The army said both were being used to funnel funds to Hamas's military wing.

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