The UK and US have targeted Hamas with a new tranche of sanctions, restricting the terror group’s ability to operate.
The UK’s sanctions are against 4 Hamas senior leaders and 2 Hamas financiers:
- Yahya Sinwar: Sinwar is a senior leader of Hamas and the group’s political leader in Gaza;
- Muhammed Deif: Deif is a senior leader of Hamas and is the commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (IQB), the military arm of Hamas, who announced the October 2023 terrorist attacks;
- Marwan Issa: Issa is a senior leader of Hamas and is the deputy commander of the IQB;
- Musa Dudin: Dudin is a West Bank-based Hamas official who has procured weaponry for the group, enabling them to commit acts of terrorism;
- Abdelbasit Hamza: Hamza is a Sudan-based Hamas financier who owned a network of companies that laundered money and traded in currency in order to finance Hamas;
- Nabil Chouman: Chouman has channelled funds to Hamas through his Lebanon-based currency exchange.
Foreign Secretary David Cameron said: “We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to disrupt the abhorrent activity of this terrorist organisation, working with the United States and our other allies, making it harder for them to operate and isolating them on the world stage”.
