Police and financial police arrested nine people accused of funding Hamas with seven million euros through associations.

The precautionary measures were issued as part of an investigation coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia and Counterterrorism Directorate. Precautionary measures were taken against nine suspects, all of whom are currently being held in prison, and three associations.

Among those arrested is the president of the Association of Palestinians in Italy. Investigators describe Mohammad Hannoun as a "member of the foreign branch of the terrorist organization Hamas" and "leader of the Italian cell of the Hamas organization."

«The investigations and the facts that have emerged through them – write the national Anti-Mafia and Anti-terrorism prosecutor Giovanni Mlillo and the prosecutor of Genoa Nicola Piacente – cannot in any way detract from the importance of the crimes committed against the Palestinian population after 7 October 2023 during the military operations undertaken by the Government of Israel , for which the judgment of the International Criminal Court is awaited».

"At the same time," they add, "these crimes cannot justify the acts of terrorism (including those of October 7, 2023) committed by Hamas and its associated terrorist organizations against the civilian population, nor constitute a mitigating circumstance."

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(Unioneonline)

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