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Italian authorities arrest 9 for allegedly funding Hamas through charities
Italian police seized over €8 million in assets linked to charities accused of diverting 71% of €7 million donations to fund Hamas military and terrorist activities.
- Italian authorities arrested nine people linked to three charitable organizations and issued international arrest orders for two people abroad on Saturday.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said charities presented themselves as initiatives for the Palestinian people while police reported more than 71 percent of donations funded Hamas or affiliates.
- Prosecutors described `triangulation operations` that moved illegal funds via bank transfers and organisations abroad to associations based in Gaza, with some money reaching family members implicated in terrorist attacks.
- Among those arrested was Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Palestinian Association in Italy, whom prosecutors describe as head of an Italian Hamas cell; the suspects sent about 7 million euros to associations based in Gaza, the Palestinian territories, or Israel linked to Hamas.
- The European Union lists Hamas as a terrorist organisation, and the European Council extended restrictive measures against 12 individuals and three entities supporting Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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