On Friday 28 June, the EU Council adopted restrictive measures against six individuals and three entities responsible for participating in the financing of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) or enabling their violent actions.
Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan, a PIJ official, Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh, who leads Hamas’ foreign investment activities, Zuheir Shamlakh, a financial facilitator and money changer who enables financial transfers from Iran to Hamas, and Ismail Barhoum, a...