'Abducted' Palestinian Dirar Abu Sisi on Hamas charges

Israel has charged an engineer from Gaza with running a training academy for Hamas militants and developing the Islamist group's rockets.

Dirar Abu Sisi says he was abducted by Israel's secret service in Ukraine while applying for citizenship there.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is "a Hamas man" who has provided "valuable information" to Israel.

Mr Abu Sisi's lawyer says the charges against him are untrue and they will seek to have the case dismissed.

Mr Abu Sisi, the manager at Gaza's main power plant, has accused Israel of kidnapping him "for no reason". He and his family have denied any links with Hamas.

He also denies any knowledge of captive Israeli soldier Sgt Gilad Shalit in the Gaza Strip.

There has been media speculation that his case is connected to that of Sgt Shalit, who was captured by Palestinian militants in June 2006 during a raid into Israel.