EU adds Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar to terror blacklist

The European Union has placed the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Struggle Movement (HAMAS) in Gaza on its list of terrorists, on suspicion of having succeeded in the surprise attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque on October 7 last year.

Jan 18, 2024 - 06:45
EU adds Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar to terror blacklist
EU adds Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar to terror blacklist

According to the al-Jazeera news website, the move means that 27 member states of the European Union will block Sinwar's assets in those countries. In addition, the EU has banned the citizens of those European countries from doing any transaction with the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Sinwar was freed along with 1,000 other Palestinians in 2011, in a Palestinian prisoner exchange with Israeli soldiers, after 22 years in prison. It should be noted that the Palestinian Islamic Movement (HAMAS) is already listed as a terrorist organization by the EU. Yahya Sinwar, the favorite of the Palestinians especially of the Gaza Strip Western countries that claim to be defenders of human rights, have continued their support for the crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza by imposing sanctions on countries and organizations that support the liberation of the Palestinian nation. Israel launched a genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on October 7 last year, after HAMAS carried out an unprecedented al-Aqsa Storm operation against the Zionist regime, in retaliation for the regime's atrocities. against the Palestinian people. Until now, the brutal Israeli regime has killed more than 24,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured more than 60,000 others.