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The above six were responsible for raising funds, which the terrorists used mainly for training or purchasing weapons and explosives.
According to the European Council, the sanctions are imposed on the Sudanese, described as the manager of Hamas’s financial portfolio. The EU is also targeting three Lebanese who are using their Beirut-based company to launder money for Hamas, including money from Iran.
The amounts transferred to Hamas through this company are estimated by the European Council to be in the tens of millions of dollars. The fifth on the list is a member of Hamas’ political bureau and the sixth is a Jordanian financier operating in Algeria.
Just this week, the EU added Yahya Sinvár, the political leader of Hamas, to the sanctions list in connection with the bloodshed on October 7 last year. The movement itself has been on the EU list of terrorist organizations for several years.
Among other things, Jahjá Sinvár is threatened with the freezing of his funds and other financial assets in EU member states.
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The EU’s move comes as calls from both Israel and the United States grow louder for the EU to toughen sanctions against Hamas officials. The USA already imposed sanctions on Sinvár in 2015.
Sinvár is hiding. Earlier this year, Israeli media reported that the Israeli army knew exactly where the Hamas political leader was hiding, but could not kill him with a rocket attack because he was surrounded by a large number of Israeli hostages taken during the Hamas attack in Israel were captured in October.
Only now has the EU put Hamas leader Sinvár on the sanctions list
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