The US and UK impose additional sanctions on Hamas and Islamic Jihad
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The United States and the United Kingdom have imposed new sanctions on individuals associated with the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist groups, targeting their finances and travel. The sanctions are coordinated by both countries and are a continuation of U.S. efforts to disrupt Hamas's financing networks.
The UK and The United Kingdom and the United States have imposed sanctions against individuals associated with the Palestinian terrorist Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement.
This was reported by UNN, with reference to the information website of the United Kingdom public sector Kingdom and Reuters.
Details
As part of the new fight against terrorist groups, the United Kingdom has introduced the following round of sanctions against individuals associated with the Palestinian militant movement Hamas. As is indicated, the coordinated sanctions are aimed at isolating Hamas by freezing assets and imposing a travel ban. Today's move, coordinated with the United States, is the second round of targeted sanctions The UK has imposed targeted sanctions on individuals associated with Hamas.
Among those sanctioned today include the following individuals:
Mahmoud Zahar - co-founder of Hamas;
Ali Baraka - head of Head of Hamas's foreign relations department. It is indicated that he publicly defended the attacks of October 7 October 7 attacks and attempted to justify the hostage-taking;
Maher Obeid - political leader who held the position of is a political leader who has held senior positions in Hamas;
Khaled Chouman and Rida Ali Khamis, who channeled funds to Hamas through their currency exchanges in Lebanon;
Ayman Ahmad al Duwaik - Hamas financier from Algeria who helped manage the organization's foreign investment portfolio of the organization.
Also noted the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a terrorist organization, which also participated in the October 7 attacks. Akram al-Ajouri is a Syrian Deputy Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and leader of the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of PIJ.
The United Kingdom and the United States stand in solidarity with the Kingdom and the United States stand in solidarity with Israel and its fight against Hamas, clearly stating that their actions must comply with international humanitarian law. We continue to support efforts to prevent regional escalation of the conflict and to ensure access for essential humanitarian aid to Gaza," the statement reads. in the statement.
Supplement
On Wednesday The United States imposed another round of sanctions on individuals in Turkey and other countries and other countries associated with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. This was was reported by the US Treasury Department.
Hamas continues to rely heavily on networks of high-level officials and affiliates, using seemingly favorable jurisdictions to conduct fundraising campaigns in favor of the group and directing these illicit proceeds to support its military activities in Gaza
According to Reuters, several Hamas officials of the Hamas officials targeted by the sanctions were based in Turkey. In particular, one of the group's key financial agents, Harun Mansour Yaqub Nasser al-Din, who was involved in a network that transferred money from Turkey and Gaza to the Hamas' command center in the West Bank city of Hebron, and helped subsidize Hamas activities to further the unrest in the West Bank. West Bank.
Late last month, Brian Nelson, visited Oman and Turkey to work on U.S. efforts to disengage Hamas and other groups from raising and moving funds.
Recall
UN General Assembly The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, but rejected the US amendment to condemn Hamas. 153 countries voted in favor of the resolution, ten voted against, and twenty-three abstained.
