- Programme
- Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 10 April 2024 on measures against persons and organisations supporting Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (SR 946.231.09), art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and art. 3 para. 1 (Travel ban), annex
- Stated grounds
- Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh leads Hamas’ foreign investment activities. He has been involved in the group’s foreign investment portfolio for years. He was first in charge of the day-to-day management of the investment portfolio, and now oversees it on behalf of the Hamas Shura Council. Furthermore, he is a shareholder and a board member of several front companies for Hamas. Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh therefore participates in the financing of Hamas.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026