BRUSSELS (AFP) — On Friday, the European Council added six persons to its new list of sanctions targeting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s financial assets, including a top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps official and a money changer moving funds from Iran. Three more entities were added to the list, including front companies headquartered in Spain and Sudan.
The European Union issued asset freezes and travel restrictions on various businesses and people suspected of assisting in the financing of the Palestinian militant Islamist organisation Hamas, Brussels announced on Friday.
The sanctions were the second round imposed by the EU on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad following their attack on Israel on October 7.
Overall, the bloc has banned 12 individuals and three businesses associated to the extremists.
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