Canada slaps new sanctions on Israeli settlers and Hamas

Canada has announced new sanctions against Hamas for its "acts of terror" and against several Israeli settlers for "extremist violence" targeting Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank. 

These latest sanctions focus on 11 individuals and two entities involved in Hamas' financial network, which Canada claims was used to plan and execute attacks on Israel on 7 October, according to an official government statement. 

In addition, four Israeli settlers, along with the Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom Asiraich, were sanctioned for "participating in or facilitating acts of harassment and violence, including attacks on humanitarian convoys and the displacement of Palestinian communities."