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US Expands Its Effort to Cut off Funding for Hamas
  + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON (AP) —The United States on Friday expanded its effort to cut off funding for Hamas, announcing a second round of sanctions against people and organizations linked to the group since it launched an attack on Israel that killed more than 1,400 people. The new sanctions highlight Iran’s role in providing financial, logistical and operational support to Hamas, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement. They include a Hamas representative in Iran and members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard. The U.S. also sanctioned a number of organizations, including the Iranian Bonyad Shahid, also known as the Martyrs Foundation. They also block financial transactions with those designated and prohibit the contribution of funds, goods and services to them.
Persons: Wally Adeyemo, America’s, , ” Adeyemo, Khaled Qaddoumi, Ali Morshed Shirazi, Mostafa Mohammad Khani, Shahid Organizations: U.S . Treasury Department’s, Foreign, Control, Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ’ Qods Force, Martyrs Foundation ., Palestinian, Charity Association Locations: United States, Israel, Iran, London, Britain, States, U.S, Gaza
The United States Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions targeting Hamas' fundraising network Friday, the department's second attempt to block Hamas' money supply since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that killed 1,400 Israelis and saw another 200 Israelis taken hostage. Speaking from Doha, he said Treasury officials have stepped up their efforts to stop the money flow to Hamas in recent days. "While Hamas itself has been under sanctions for decades, we must go after new, emerging shell companies, middlemen, and facilitators," he said. "If they do not act to prevent illicit financial flows, the United States and our partners will." The charity, "serves as a recruiting tool for terrorist activities," Treasury said in its sanctions announcement.
Persons: Brian Nelson, Nelson, Wally Adeyemo, Adeyemo, Mahmud Hams, Matt Levitt, Levitt Organizations: United States Treasury Department, Treasury, Terrorism, Financial Intelligence, CNBC, Brigades, Afp, Getty, Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Bank, Charity Association, Washington Institute for Near East, Capitol, Hamas Locations: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Gulf, Doha, London, United States, Gaza City, Gaza, Mahmud, Turkey, Spain, Sudan
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