US imposing sanctions on eight individuals for their ties with Palestine’s Hamas

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday said that the United States was imposing sanctions on eight individuals for their ties with Palestine’s Hamas.

Posting on X, Mr Blinken said that these people played key roles in enabling Hamas-affiliated companies to evade sanctions. The US also imposed sanctions on four entities with connections to Hamas or other designated terrorist organisations.

Hamas infiltrated Israel using trucks and motor gliders and killed and abducted civilians and Israeli soldiers on the 7th of October. In retaliation, Israel launched severe attacks on the Gaza Strip, which hosts Hamas and is home to 2.2 million Palestinians. Over 9,000 people were killed in Gaza and Israel till date.