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Italian authorities arrested 9 radical linked to 3 charitable organisations connected suspicion of raising millions of euros successful funds for the Palestinian militant radical Hamas, anti-terrorism prosecutors said successful a connection Saturday (December 27, 2025).
The suspects are accused of sending astir 7 cardinal euros ($8.2 million) to “associations based successful Gaza, the Palestinian territories, oregon Israel, owned, controlled, oregon linked to Hamas,” the connection said.
Among those arrested was Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Palestinian Association successful Italy, prosecutors said, describing him arsenic the “head of the Italian compartment of the Hamas organisation”.
The European Union has Hamas listed connected its panic list.
According to Italian prosecutors, who collaborated with different EU countries successful the probe, the amerciable funds were delivered done “triangulation operations” via slope transfers oregon done organizations based overseas to associations based successful Gaza, which person been declared amerciable by Israel for their ties to Hamas.
Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi wrote connected X that the cognition “lifted the veil connected behaviour and activities which, pretending to beryllium initiatives successful favour of the Palestinian population, concealed enactment for and information successful violent organisations.”
There was nary contiguous remark from the suspects oregon the associations.
In January 2022, the European Council decided to widen existing restrictive measures against 12 individuals and 3 entities that enactment the financing of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
