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Statement of reasons

Date of listing

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Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan

DOB: 1.1.1955

Nationality: Palestinian

Gender: male

Function: Official of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and leader of the Muhjat AlQuds Foundation

Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan is an official of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and leader of the Muhjat AlQuds Foundation. The Muhjat AlQuds Foundation is a PIJ-run, Iran-funded organisation the primary mission of which is to provide financial support to the families of PIJ fighters and prisoners. Furthermore, Aliyan has served on PIJ’s executive committee, thereby overseeing PIJ finances.

Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan therefore participates in the financing of PIJ.

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Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh

DOB: 20.2.1951

POB: Jordan

Nationality: Jordanian

Gender: male

Function: Former manager of Hamas’ foreign investments and current rapporteur to the Shura Council

Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh leads Hamas’ foreign investment activities. He has been involved in the group’s foreign investment portfolio for years. He was first in charge of the day-to-day management of the investment portfolio, and now oversees it on behalf of the Hamas Shura Council. Furthermore, he is a shareholder and a board member of several front companies for Hamas.

Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh therefore participates in the financing of Hamas.

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Ali Morshed Shirazi

DOB: 7.2.1969

POB: Najaf, Iraq

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Force official

Ali Morshed Shirazi is a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Force (IRGC-QF) official serving as Bureau Chief of the Palestine Branch, operating out of Lebanon. The IRGC-QF provides financial support, as well as training, intelligence, and other forms of assistance to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Within his organisation, Shirazi is in charge of the monitoring and control unit responsible for executing military operations. Together with IRGC-QF Palestine Branch leader Sa’id Izadi, he also operates the Cyber Unit, which aides Hamas’ operations by extracting information from the phones of Israeli soldiers. Moreover, he has requested the assistance of the technical unit of IRGC-QF (Unit 340) to support PIJ.

Ali Morshed Shirazi therefore participates in the enabling of violent actions by Hamas and PIJ.

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Zuheir Shamlakh

DOB: 15.11.1980

Nationality: Palestinian

Gender: male

Function: Hamas money changer and financial facilitator for cryptocurrencies

Zuheir Shamlakh is a financial facilitator and money changer who enables financial transfers from Iran to Hamas. He uses his companies Al-Markaziya li-Siarafa and Arab China Trading Company to channel funds to the Izz al-Din al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. Zuheir Shamlakh was instrumental in Hamas’ shift towards cryptocurrencies to avoid being detected by Israeli authorities.

Zuheir Shamlakh therefore participates in the financing of Hamas.

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Ismail Barhoum

DOB: 23.12.1968

POB: Rafah

Nationality: Palestinian

Gender: male

Function: Member of Hamas’ Political Bureau in Gaza and its Governing Shura Council, Head of Hamas’ Charitable Institutions Association

Ismail Barhoum is a member of the Hamas Political Bureau and the Hamas Shura Council. He is also the Head of the Hamas’ Charitable Institutions Association, which supervises 400 charities. Those charitable organisations are used to channel funds to Hamas.

Ismail Barhoum therefore participates in the financing of Hamas.

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Maher Rebhi Obeid

DOB: 10.3.1958

POB: Amman, Jordan

Nationality: Palestinian

Gender: male

Function: Hamas political leader and member of Hamas’ Political Bureau

Maher Rebhi Obeid has been a member of the Hamas Political Bureau since 2010. Obeid is in charge of the Hamas West Bank Headquarters, which is responsible for directing Hamas’ terrorist operatives in the West Bank, leading terrorist attacks, building terrorist infrastructure and issuing instructions for terrorist attacks against Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Maher Rebhi Obeid therefore participates in the planning and preparation of violent actions by Hamas, and he supports and implements actions which undermine and threaten the security of Israel under the name of Hamas.

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