Member states of the European Union this Tuesday, terrorist sanctions list from the bloc to the leader of the political branch Hamas, Yahya SinvarIn response to the Islamist group’s attacks on Israeli territory on 7 October. Like this, sinvar In addition to sanctions such as freezing funds and financial assets in the EU, economic operators providing funds to the EU will also be subject to sanctions. Sinwar was already on the US list of persons linked to terrorism.
Since 2001 the EU ‘black list’ It covers individuals, groups and organizations involved in terrorist acts and subject to restrictive measures. The list currently includes 16 individuals and 21 groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas and other Palestinian organizations. Following the statement, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz applauded the EU “for its decision to add Hamas’ political leader Yahya Sinwar to the sanctions list.” “This is a fair and moral decision,” he said in the message he published on his social network account. “I thank all our friends who supported this decision. This decision is also a result of our diplomatic efforts to strangle Hamas. We will continue to root out evil in Gaza and wherever it leads.”
The European bloc revised its list of those sanctioned for links to al-Qaeda and Islamic State terrorism, adding Ahmed Kaled Muller, a member of the Somali terror group Al Shabaab. The EU specifically attributes participation in terrorist attacks to the name of the organization, which operates in the Horn of Africa region and is behind numerous attacks in Kenya, Somalia and neighboring countries.
The EU is ending sanctions against individuals or organizations that fund the Palestinian Islamist organization that has de facto ruled Gaza since 2007. There is also the possibility of restrictive measures being implemented against Israeli settlers who attack settlements. It is in the occupied West Bank that has experienced the highest increase in violence since the Second Intifada.
Following the attack on October 7, Israel launched an attack on the Gaza Strip in a war that lasted 102 days and left 24,285 dead (in addition to nearly 8,000 missing under rubble) and injured more than 61,154. Latest census of the Hamas-controlled Strip by the Ministry of Health.