The United States said it is seeking to form an international coalition to combat what it calls the “financing network” of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitationWhile France called for an international “coalition” to “combat” this movement, not only financially.
The French Press Agency quoted US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, yesterday, Tuesday, as saying that he will go to Europe (starting) Friday, and will meet with what he described as allies and partners to discuss what they can do in a coordinated manner to confront the “financing network” of Hamas.
He added, “Our goal is to build an alliance with countries in the region but also around the world to combat its financing.”
Adeyemo also said that over the past few years, the United States has “imposed a number of sanctions on Hamas,” which “like no other party, has devised and tried to find ways to circumvent our sanctions,” including through cryptocurrencies.
He was the French president Emmanuel Macron It was suggested yesterday that an international “coalition” – not only financially but also on a broader scale – would undertake the “fight” against Hamas.
According to those close to Macron, this means creating a new coalition, or expanding the coalition that has been in place since 2014 to combat ISIS in Syria and Iraq to include the fight against Hamas.
Without commenting on the French President’s statements, Adeyemo stressed that “the strategy that was used to confront ISIS and other terrorist groups is the strategy that we must use.”
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury indicated that additional economic sanctions should be imposed, and “some” other “tools” should be used against Hamas.
These efforts come after the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, launched Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” on the 7th of this month, followed by Israel launching a war on the Gaza Strip that left thousands martyred and wounded, and caused great destruction to buildings.