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Japan is sanctioning nine individuals and a company linked to Hamas, its foreign ministry announced Tuesday.
The sanctioned entities include financiers and operatives, according to a statement issued by Japan’s foreign ministry. The company is Buy Cash Money and Money Transfer Company (Buy Cash), which is a Gaza-based business that provides money transfer and virtual currency exchange services, including Bitcoin, the ministry said.
All the sanctioned entities have been designated as “terrorists,” according to Japan’s foreign ministry.
The list features the same names announced by the US Treasury Department on October 18, when the US announced similar sanctions. These are the first sanctions linked to Hamas announced by Japan.
Some context: In a statement issued on October 8, a day after the Hamas attack on Israel, the Japanese foreign ministry said it “strongly condemns such acts and urges the early release of those captives.”
“At the same time, Japan is deeply concerned about a number of casualties in the Gaza Strip caused by the attacks by the (Israel Defense Forces),” the statement read, adding it urged “all the parties concerned to exercise maximum restraint in order to avoid further damage and casualties.”
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