New Zealand designates Hamas a 'terrorist entity'

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 01, 2024 12:24 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Thursday became one of the last countries to designate Hamas as a 'terrorist entity,' saying its October 7 attacks on southern Israel had shattered the notion that its political and military wings are separate.

'The organization as a whole bears responsibility for these horrific terrorist attacks,' Wellington said, announcing a move to freeze the Palestinian Islamist group's assets in the country and ban its citizens from providing the group with 'material support.'

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