内容摘要：Early this month, Ofori-Atta was re-declared a wanted person and a fugitive from justice after failing to appear before an investigative panel.

Early this month, Ofori-Atta was re-declared a wanted person and a fugitive from justice after failing to appear before an investigative panel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that Israel is arming clans in Gaza that he says are opposed to Hamas.His comments came after Israeli media reports quoted defence sources as saying Netanyahu had authorised giving weapons to one particular group in the south of Gaza.

Several Israeli politicians have accused Netanyahu of endangering Israeli security."What's wrong with this?" Netanyahu says in a short video he's tweeted. "It only saves the lives of Israeli solders", he continues - "and publicising it only helps Hamas".What the Israeli prime minister is referring to are the reports that Israel under his authorisation has been supplying weapons to a clan in Gaza led by a man called Yasser Abu Shabab.

The group, which some see as a militia or a criminal gang, has presented itself as an opposition force to Hamas.It says its aim is to protect trucks bringing aid into Gaza, but critics say it is doing the opposite and is looting them.

The revelations may have been brushed off by Benjamin Netanyahu, but they have the potential of developing into a serious new political scandal.

Israeli defence sources had earlier confirmed to local journalists that accusations made by the opposition politician Avigdor Lieberman were correct."This whole debacle has caused needless misery for millions of pensioners," she said.

The decision to means-test the previously universal payment was one of the first announcements by the chancellor after Labour's landslide election victory last year.The practicalities of changing the system again are complicated. One option would be a system in which people on certain incomes can make a claim.

Clawing back a payment via the tax system for those on higher incomes is another possibility.The government has yet to outline which mechanics it intends to use to enact its change of policy.