EU sanctions 6 people and 3 firms in Hamas finance crackdown

The European Union has decided to sanction six people and three companies for financing Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the EU council says.

The EU says it is sanctioning Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan, Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh, Zuheir Shamlakh, Ismail Barhoum, Ali Morshed Shirazi and Maher Rebhi Obeid.

It adds that it is also sanctioning the companies Zawaya Group for Development & Investment Co Ltd., Larrycom for Investment Ltd. and the Al Zawaya Group for Development & Investment Sociedad limitada.

The individuals and companies will be subject to an asset freeze, and the six people will also be banned from traveling to the EU.

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