OME, Sept. 6 — European Union foreign ministers said today that the union would officially declare all wings of the militant Palestinian group Hamas a terrorist organization and freeze its assets.
That decision, reached at a meeting of the ministers in the northern Italian town of Riva del Garda, further isolated Hamas at a volatile juncture in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
It followed a similar decision by the United States last month, and it was prompted by a suicide bombing in Jerusalem on Aug. 19 that killed 22 people. Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombing.
