Germany’s top security official has implemented a formal ban on activity by or in support of Hamas and will dissolve a group that was behind a celebration of the terror organization’s devastating surprise onslaught against on Israel.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said she is putting the ban on activity related to Hamas, which is already listed by the European Union as a terrorist group, into effect today.
“With Hamas, I have today completely banned the activities of a terrorist organization whose aim is to destroy the state of Israel,” she said in a statement.