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Israel says Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood financed Gaza flotilla
Israel's foreign minister stated that Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood funded and directed the Global Sumud Flotilla through shell companies. Officials said seized documents show operational involvement and covert ownership of vessels.
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Israel's foreign minister said Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood financed the Global Sumud Flotilla and used it as a front for their own operations. The minister spoke at a conference in Washington on Thursday. He stated that Israel obtained internal Hamas documents showing financing, operational involvement, and covert ownership of the vessels through a Spanish shell company.
The same documents, signed by a former Hamas leader in 2021, identify the founder of the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition as a Hamas agent, the minister said. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned that individual and another group he founded in January for links to Hamas.
Background on flotilla The International Freedom Flotilla Coalition is one of the groups behind the Global Sumud Flotilla, which has repeatedly attempted to sail to Gaza. Officials said senior Hamas activists are running related campaigns from Britain and other Western capitals.
The minister displayed photos of a flotilla activist attending the funeral of a former Hezbollah leader killed in a September 2024 Israeli airstrike. That activist was previously accused of sexual misconduct by multiple activist groups.
