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Tuesday, December 26, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Japan says it will sanction 3 senior Hamas members
Japan’s government announces that it will sanction three senior members of Hamas to limit their ability to fund terrorism.
Tokyo’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi says the trio’s assets will be frozen and their payments and transactions will be sanctioned, according to Reuters.
The Hamas officials, whom the report doesn’t name, are believed by Japan to have had a role in the Palestinian terror group’s October 7 massacres, and to currently be “in a position to use funds to finance such terrorist activities.”
