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
DAILY MAIL ONLINE | Published March 2, 2025
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 suspected of promoting 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’.
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 envelopes thought to contain cash to children in the region.
In other video, one of the charity’s workers seemingly 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.’
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The complainant added that the group’s funds ‘could provide material support for a proscribed terrorist group like Hamas.’
JERUSALEM POST | Published March 2, 2025
British-based charity Save One Life UK has been reported to counter-terror police due to concerns its aid is being redirected to Hamas, The Telegraph reported on Saturday.
The charity – which has been raising funds for children in Gaza – is feared to have a lack of controls over the allocation of its funding, with some of it being diverted to the Gaza-based terror group.
Save One Life UK has raised £2 million in the past four years, but most of this aid has been funneled into Gaza since October 7, 2023, The Telegraph added.
A child sits with water containers as Palestinians gather to collect water amid shortages during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 29, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)
The wording of the complaint said, “Save One Life UK is a registered charity that is sending money to Gaza via an unknown broker in Turkey. This looks suspicious. A charity can be investigated if it is suspected of transferring money for non-charitable purposes including political activity and support of terrorism.”
The complainant added that the group’s funds “could provide material support for a proscribed terrorist group like Hamas.“
‘Gaza Under Attack’ appeal
According to reports by both The Telegraph and the Daily Mail, the charity launched its ‘Gaza Under Attack’ appeal just four hours after Hamas began its attack on October 7. The appeal, beginning at 10:16 am, commenced before Israel began a military response and yet was run with the title “Our brothers and sisters in Palestine are under attack again.”
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “We treat all reports made into the Anti-Terrorist Hotline and online portal as confidential. Because of this, and for operational security reasons, we therefore do not comment on or confirm specific details or matters that may get reported to us through this route.
“However, all reports get reviewed by officers, and if it is assessed that further police action is required, then it will get passed to the relevant police force or counter-terrorism unit to carry this out.”
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