Overview
- Italian police executed a Dec. 27 operation ordered by a Genoa judge, jailing Mohammad Hannoun and eight others as investigators estimate at least 71% of certain association outlays went to recipients referable to Hamas.
- Case files quote intercepted remarks such as “we sacrifice with money” and detail cash moved inside medical‑equipment containers and via Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, with recorded transfers including €170,000 to Turkey and €200,000 to Egypt.
- Searches recovered about €200,000 in cash and digital material; the judge flagged Hannoun as a flight risk, noting a planned departure for Istanbul, and investigators say new entities such as La Cupola d’Oro and La Palma were used after account blocks.
- Prosecutors relied heavily on documentation supplied by Israeli authorities, including material obtained during military operations, a point that defense lawyers say raises evidentiary and procedural questions.
- The arrests drew coverage in Israeli outlets and prompted small pro‑Palestine demonstrations in Italy, while Hannoun’s lawyer and supporters call the probe political and point to earlier investigations that were archived.