New Zealand designates entirety of Hamas a ‘terrorist entity’

Children sit in a destroyed car in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on February 28, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP)

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Updated 29 February 2024

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February 29, 202402:04

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WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Thursday became one of the last Western countries to designate all of Hamas as a “terrorist entity,” saying the attacks of October 7 had shattered the notion its political and military wings could be separated.
“The organization as a whole bears responsibility for these horrific terrorist attacks,” the government said, announcing a move that spells a freeze on Hamas assets in New Zealand and a ban on providing it with “material support.”