EU puts leader of Hamas’ political wing on ‘blacklist’ for terrorism
member states European Union We decided to include 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.”