EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said EU countries at a meeting of foreign ministers on Monday discussed the possibility of imposing sanctions against the Palestinian Hamas movement, which has been recognized as a terrorist organization by the European Union for many years, but “even more important” to prevent funding for the movement.
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Earlier, a high-ranking European source told reporters that such personal sanctions could be introduced “against specific individuals, leaders.”
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“The possibility of introducing sanctions against Hamas has been discussed by EU ministers, but an even more important task is to prevent Hamas from being financed,” he said at a press conference in Brussels.
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At the same time, Borrell admitted that there is no consensus either at the EU level or at the G7 level on a call to Israel for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, he recalled that all EU countries unanimously called for the establishment of humanitarian pauses in Gaza.
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On Tuesday, the US Treasury announced the introduction of new sanctions against senior officials of the Hamas movement ruling in the Gaza Strip and the mechanisms of Iranian financing of Palestinian groups.
