BBC: Ismail Haniya: US designates Hamas leader as terrorist
The United States has designated the political leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas as a terrorist and imposed sanctions on him.
The state department said Ismail Haniya had "close links with Hamas' military wing" and been a "proponent of armed struggle, including against civilians".
Hamas, which dominates the Gaza Strip, is already designated a terrorist group by the US, Israel, the EU and UK.
It denounced as "worthless" the blacklisting of Mr Haniya.
A statement from the group said the decision would "not dissuade us from continuing to hold fast to the option of resisting and expelling the [Israeli] occupation".
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