Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday signed a ministerial decree imposing financial sanctions on a London-based terror suspect believed to have ties to Hamas.
The decree states that any and all funds or assets paid or transferred to Mohammed Jamil Mahmoud Hersh – an employee of the Arab Organization for Human Rights in the UK, which is affiliated with the terrorist group ruling Gaza – will be seized.
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The decree was issued in accordance with Israel's Counterterrorism Law.
Upon taking office, Bennett said he would step up the war on terror, including by employing what he called "targeted financial warfare."
A Defense Ministry official said that the directive was the first of its kind with respect to the fight against terror financing, adding that in the future such orders will follow.
