The European Union on Friday adopted a dedicated sanctions regime targeting Palestinian terror group Hamas, a high-ranking EU official said, adding that the first measures would target six people involved in the financing of Hamas.
"What we are doing now - it has been done today and I think it will be announced in the coming hours - (is that) we have adopted a dedicated regime for Hamas. We have listed six people" the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.
(Reuters)