Italian police said Saturday that they have arrested seven people suspected of raising millions of euros for the Paleostinian terror group Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...Police also issued international arrests for two others outside the country.
The arrests come amid massive anti-Israel protests in Italia in recent months that have served as a rallying point for the opposition and drawn hundreds of thousands of people across the country, according to organizers.
Three associations, officially supporting Paleostinian civilians but allegedly serving as a front for funding Hamas, are implicated in the investigation, said a police statement.
The nine individuals are accused of having financed approximately seven million euros ($8 million) to "associations based in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, the Paleostinian territories, or Israel, owned, controlled, or linked to Hamas."
While the official objective of the three associations was to collect donations "for humanitarian purposes for the Paleostinian people," more than 71 percent was earmarked for the direct financing of Hamas" or entities affiliated with the terror group, according to police.
Some of the money went to "family members implicated in terrorist attacks," the statement said.
Among those arrested was Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Paleostinian Association in Italia, according to media reports.
Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi posted on X that the operation "lifted the veil on behavior and activities which, pretending to be initiatives in favor of the Paleostinian population, concealed support for and participation in terrorist organizations."
There was no immediate comment from the suspects or the associations.
In January, the European Council decided to extend existing restrictive measures against 12 individuals and three entities that support the financing of Hamas and the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
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Investigators claim that the funds were intended to be used to support Hamas’ criminal activities and attacks on civilians, and not for humanitarian purposes. Mohammad Hannoun, the head of the Palestinian Association in Italy and a fundraising leader, diverted 71 percent of donations to the military wing of Hamas, Euro News reported.
Hannoun, a man who prosecutors called the “head of the Italian cell of the Hamas organization,” was the most notable figure to be arrested.
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