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The
sanctions target eight individuals who perpetuate Hamas’s agenda
by representing the group's interests abroad and managing its
finances, the Treasury said in a statement.
"Hamas continues to rely heavily on networks of well-placed
officials and affiliates, exploiting seemingly permissive
jurisdictions to direct fundraising campaigns for the group’s
benefit and funneling those illicit proceeds to support its
military activities in Gaza," said Brian Nelson, under secretary
of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
Several of the Hamas officials targeted were based in Turkey,
including one of the group's key financial operatives there,
Haroun Mansour Yaqoub Nasser Al-Din, the Treasury said.
Haround Nasser Al-Din has been involved in a network that
transferred money from Turkey and Gaza to the Hamas command
center in the West Bank city of Hebron, it said, and helped
subsidize Hamas activities to further unrest in the West Bank.
Nelson traveled to Oman and Turkey at the end of November to
work on U.S. efforts to deny Hamas and other groups the ability
to raise and move funds.
The United States and Britain earlier imposed three rounds of
sanctions on the Palestinian militant group after its deadly
incursion into Israel on Oct. 7.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu in Washington and Shubham Kalia in
Bengaluru; Editing by Christina Fincher)
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