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Italian police arrested nine suspects for raising about €7 million via charities linked to Hamas, with over 71% of funds diverted to the group's military wing, officials said.
- 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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The money was raised in the name of humanitarian aid.
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Italian law enforcement officials detained seven members of aid organizations in Gaza who were suspected of funding Hamas military wing under the guise of charity during a major operation, reporting the newspaper Corriere della Sera with reference to investigators.
71% of the funds used for non-humanitarian purposes. A clear plan emerges from the interceptions: "We sacrifice ourselves with money, with their blood." Yesterday seized 1 million in cash in homes and homes of the Islamist associations. Seven million euros. This is the figure that, disguised as charity for the Palestinian people, would start from Italy for Hamas, the terrorist organization responsible for the massacre of 7 October.
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