The European Council has listed six people and three entities as responsible for participating in financing Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), reports Al Jazeera.

Those sanctioned include Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan, a PIJ official and leader of the Muhjat AlQuds Foundation, Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh, who “leads Hamas’s foreign investment activities”, according to a statement.

Senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Force official Ali Morshed Shirazi serving as bureau chief of the Palestine Branch, and Maher Rebhi Obeid, a member of the Hamas political bureau since 2010, were also added.

The Council named the three entities as the Zawaya Group for Development and Investment Co Ltd, Larrycom for Investment Ltd and Al Zawaya Group for Development and Investment Sociedad Limitada.

All three entities have been linked to Hamas’s investment portfolio and “have served as front companies to facilitate Hamas’ financial streams”, the statement added.

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