UK sanctions senior Hamas leaders and financiers after October 7 terror attack

The US also sanctioned Akram al-Ajouri, a leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).

Former prime minister and Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said: "We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to disrupt the abhorrent activity of this terrorist organisation, working with the United States and our other allies, making it harder for them to operate and isolating them on the world stage.

"The Palestinian people are victims of Hamas too. We stand in solidarity with them and will continue to support humanitarian pauses to allow significantly more lifesaving aid to reach Gaza."

US secretary of state Antony Blinken, added: "Iran's support, primarily through its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, enables Hamas and PIJ's terrorist activities, including through the transfer of funds and the provision of both weapons and operational training. Iran has trained PIJ fighters to produce and develop missiles in Gaza while also funding groups that provide financial support to PIJ-affiliated fighters.

"We are taking these actions in co-ordination with the United Kingdom to protect the international financial system from abuse by Hamas and its enablers.

“We will continue to work with our partners and allies to disrupt Hamas's terrorist financing channels."

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