Canada sanctions Hamas leaders, condemns group’s ‘heinous’ tactics
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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she hopes the measures will hinder fundraising for Hamas, which Ottawa lists as a terrorist organization.
Canada has sanctioned nearly a dozen militants in response to the brutal attack by Hamas and other groups on Israel last year.
Canadians are now barred from any financial dealings with 10 people linked to Hamas, including senior leaders, and one person associated with a Palestinian militant group called Islamic Jihad.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she hopes that will hinder fundraising for Hamas, which Ottawa lists as a terrorist organization.
Canada has sanctioned Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who is accused of plotting the brutal Oct. 7 attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel and took another 250 hostage.
Islamic Jihad military leader Akram al-Ajouri is also on the list.
“Canada unequivocally condemns Hamas’s terrorist attack against Israel, its unacceptable treatment of hostages and its heinous use of sexual and gender-based violence as a tactic of war,” reads a statement from Joly on the sanctions, released Tuesday.
“Today’s announcement marks a significant step in Canada’s response to these acts and demonstrates our commitment to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East.”
Joly says she is in touch with her counterpart from Jordan to see how more aid can reach the Gaza Strip, calling the situation there dire and catastrophic.
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