Effective immediately, Canada is imposing additional sanctions against eleven individuals and two entities pursuant to the Special Economic Measures (Hamas Terrorist Attacks) Regulations, in response to the terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel that began on October 7, 2023, and the threat that Hamas and its affiliates pose to regional security.

Canadian measures

The regulations impose a prohibition on dealings related to the listed individuals and entities, effectively freezing any assets they may have in Canada. Persons in Canada and Canadians outside the country are prohibited from dealing with the listed individuals and entities, and the listed individuals are also rendered inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The specific prohibitions are set out in the regulations.

The names of the eleven individuals added to the schedule of these regulations are the following:

• Musa Muhammad Salim Dudin (Hamas financier and operative)
• Amer Kamal Sharif Alshawa (Hamas financier)
• Ahmed Sadu Jahleb (Hamas financier)
• Walid Mohammed Mustafa Jadallah (Hamas financier)
• Zuhair Shamlakh (Hamas financier)
• Alaa Shamlakh (Hamas financier)
• Ahmed Shamlakh (Hamas financer)
• Imad Shamlakh (Hamas financier)
• Nabil Khaled Halil Chouman (Hamas financier)
• Khaled Chouman (Hamas financier)
• Reda Ali Khamis (Hamas financier)

The names of the two entities added to the schedule of these regulations are the following:

• Al-Markaziya Li-Siarafa (Al-Markaziya) (Hamas-affiliated financial exchange company)
• Nabil Chouman & Co. (Hamas-affiliated financial exchange company)