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An court has remanded the former head of , , in another apparent attempt to pressure him to confess accusations against him.

El Halabi, 42, was detained and interrogatedÌýin 2016Ìýby the Israeli authorities, who accused him of stealingÌýmoney from global charityÌýWorld Vision's Gaza branch to funnel money to .

El Halabi has consistently denied the accusations throughoutÌýhis 167 court hearings and five years in detention.

UN experts called in November 2020 for El Halabi to be released or given a fair trial.

Israel hopes that in time and under duress, the father of five will confess under pressure, activists say.

World Vision, a global Christian humanitarian organisation, carried out their own soon after the Israeli allegations surfaced, saying there was no evidence against Halabi.

"In response to the charges against Mohammad, World Vision suspended our work in Gaza and commissioned an externally-conducted forensic investigation. The investigation, completed in July of 2017, found no evidence of diversion of funds and no material evidence that El Halabi was part of or working for Hamas", the organisation said on their website in response.

"World Vision condemns any diversion of aid funding and strongly condemns any act of terrorism or support for those activities."

Founded in 1950, World Vision has worked with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1975.

The charity has recently carried outÌý, including rehabilitating large tracts of agricultural land, building greenhouses, irrigation and water wells.

It has also provided equipment toÌýÌýwhose livelihoods have been severely disrupted byÌýIsraeli measures.