2024-01-19 15:45:38
The EU is targeting members and supporters of the Islamist Hamas with a new sanctions instrument. In a first step, six people were given punitive measures on Friday, according to the EU Official Journal. Among them are Hamas donors from Sudan and Algeria, as well as men who are said to be involved in money laundering and money transfer activities for the organization’s benefit. Musa Muhammad Salim Dudin is also affected.
According to the EU, he is a leading figure in Hamas and a member of the group’s politburo. As a result of the EU’s sanction decision, all funds as well as other financial assets and economic resources of the people affected would now have to be frozen in the EU. In addition, they are no longer allowed to enter the EU and are no longer allowed to receive assets and economic resources from the EU.
The background to the EU’s actions is the unprecedented massacre in Israel on October 7th, as a result of which around 1,200 Israelis were killed and around 250 people were abducted to the Gaza Strip. In addition to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) was also involved in the crime. The new sanction instrument should also be able to be used once morest this organization in the future.
Islamic Jihad is considered one of the most radical militant groups in the Middle East. Its members also repeatedly fire rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel. However, the organization is considered less powerful than Hamas, which rules in the Gaza Strip.
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