Overview
- Seven suspects were detained in Italy as police issued international arrest notices for two others believed to be abroad.
- Genoa anti-terrorism prosecutors say the funds went to associations owned, controlled, or linked to Hamas in Gaza, the Palestinian territories, or Israel.
- Authorities seized assets worth more than €8 million during the operation carried out by the State Police and Guardia di Finanza.
- Among those arrested is Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Palestinian Association in Italy, whom prosecutors describe as head of the group's Italian cell.
- The inquiry, developed with Dutch and wider EU cooperation, detailed bank-transfer triangulation through organizations abroad and drew public backing from Italy’s interior minister.