Italy, France, Germany call for ad hoc EU sanctions on Hamas
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Hamas fighters run across the street at Rantissi hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on November 19, 2023. Hamas Military Wing/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
ROME - Italy, France and Germany called on the European Union to impose ad hoc sanctions against Hamas and its supporters, the foreign ministers of the three nations wrote in a joint letter to the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
"We express our full support for the ... proposal to create an ad hoc sanctions regime against Hamas and its supporters," said the letter seen by Reuters.
"The swift adoption of this sanctions regime will enable us to send a strong political message about the European Union's commitment against Hamas and our solidarity with Israel," the letter said. REUTERS
