The White House sanctioned a group of 10 Hamas members and to the financial network of the Palestinian militant organization in Gaza, Sudan, Türkiye, Algeria and Qatarin response to the surprise attack on Israel.
The office of Treasury Department Foreign Assets Control decided to sanction members who manage uHamas’ investment portfolioa financial facilitator based in Qatar with close ties to the Iranian regime, a commander and a virtual exchange house based in Gaza.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, declared in this regard that the United States “andis taking swift and decisive action against Hamas financiers and enablers following their brutal and merciless massacre of Israeli civilians, including children“.
“The United States Treasury has a long history of effectively disrupting terrorist financing and we will not hesitate to use our tools against Hamas“he stated in a statement sent by email.
The sanctions are financial penalties designed to block access to funds deposited in the United States and prevent the individuals and entities in question from doing business with U.S. persons and companies.
The Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkennoted that the sanctions are “directed against Hamas terrorists and their support network, not against Palestinians“.
“Hamas is solely responsible for the carnage its militants have inflicted on the people of Israeland must immediately release all hostages in its custody,” Blinken declared. “The United States will not relent in using every tool at our disposal to disrupt Hamas’ terrorist activity.”
Hamas: how it is financed according to Washington
The Treasury Department stressed that Hamas resorts to small donations, including through cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrency tracking company Elliptic stated that “to the extent that Hamas has used cryptocurrencies in the past“This is a relatively small and alternative source of financing” and has proven vulnerable to detection and disruption.
The White House assured that even has not discovered information that Iran, Hamas’ main financial and military sponsor, was directly involved in the armed group’s multiple operation, the largest attack against Israel in decades. FAmerican officials have asserted that their intelligence services do not demonstrate a direct role for Iran and have not blamed Tehran.
Brian Nelson, U.S. Treasury undersecretary for Terrorism and Illicit Finance, told a Deloitte anti-money laundering conference Tuesday that the United States is renewing its plans to pursue Hamas financing flows and called on U.S. allies and the private sector to do the same or “prepare to suffer the consequences.”
“We cannot, and will not, tolerate money flowing through the international system for Hamas terrorist activity.“Nelson said.
“We want to partner with all countries and financial entities that are willing to end funding to Hamas,” he said, “but to the extent that any institution or jurisdiction fails to take appropriate action, it should be prepared to suffer the consequences. “
The leader of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, said the Oct. 7 assault on Israel was a response to the 16-year blockade of Gaza and Israeli incursions into West Bank cities over the past year. , the increase in settler attacks on Palestinians and the growth of settlements, among other reasons.
“Enough is enough,” Deif, who does not appear in public, said in the recorded message. He said the attack was just the beginning of what he called Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, and called on Palestinians from east Jerusalem to northern Israel to join the fight.
Source: Ambito
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