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The weapons posed an international threat as well as a threat to Israel's maritime navigation abilities, the IDF said in a statement.

The Treasury Department's OFAC said that it "issued Syria to provide immediate sanctions relief for Syria in line with the President’s announcement for the cessation of all sanctions."

The lifting of sanctions is said to come into effect on Sunday.

The Treasury Department issued a general license that authorizes transactions involving the interim Syrian government led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

Both Afghanistan and Russia are sanctions-hit economies, seeking to settle trade transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the Taliban's acting Commerce Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi said.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kantor was sanctioned by the UK, the EU and Switzerland. He previously served as EJC president from 2007-2022.

The UK, Canada, and France do not see the cause-and-effect of Hamas’s use of the Gazan population to achieve its attempted goal of demonizing Israel.

The lawsuit came as the European General Court in Luxembourg convened its hearing in relation to the 2022 sanctions on Tuesday.

Washington has asked other countries in the region if they would be open to accepting Gazans who voluntarily opt to leave.

The EU, supported by the US, Qatar, and others, is moving to lift sanctions on Syria to aid its reconstruction and reintegration after years of conflict.