EU adopts sanctions target six individuals involved in financing Hamas — senior official

By Reuters 19 January 2024, 4:24 pm

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Women chant slogans while marching in a rally organized by supporters of Fatah and the Hamas terror group in solidarity with Gaza after the weekly Muslim Friday prayers in the city of Hebron in the West Bank on October 13, 2023. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

The European Union adopts a dedicated sanctions regime targeting Palestinian terror group Hamas, a high-ranking EU official says, adding that the first measures would target six people involved in the financing of Hamas.

“What we are doing now – it has been done today and I think it will be announced in the coming hours – [is that] we have adopted a dedicated regime for Hamas. We have listed six people” the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.

The official added the six people were all from Arab or African countries and were all involved in financing Hamas, which has become the subject of Western reprisal after its assault on Israel last October.