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Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/italy/italian-arrests-funding-hamas-charities-rcna251104
Italy Arrests 9 for Funding Hamas through Charities
(AP-NBC News) Italian authorities arrested nine people linked to three charitable organizations suspected of sending $8.2 million to "associations based in Gaza, the Palestinian territories, or Israel, owned, controlled, or linked to Hamas," anti-terrorism prosecutors said Saturday. Among those arrested was Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Palestinian Association in Italy, described by prosecutors as the "head of the Italian cell of the Hamas organization." The EU has listed Hamas as a terror group. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi wrote on X that the operation "lifted the veil on behavior and activities which, pretending to be initiatives in favor of the Palestinian population, concealed support for and participation in terrorist organizations."