LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Israel has frozen cryptocurrency accounts used to solicit donations for the Palestinian militant group Hamas on social media, police said on Tuesday.
Hamas launched devastating attacks from Gaza into Israel on Saturday, in one of the most serious escalations in the Israel-Palestinian conflict in years.
The statement did not give further details of how many accounts were frozen, nor the value of crypto seized.
"The data we use to pinpoint individuals, addresses, and infrastructures associated with specific organisations stems from intelligence provided by law enforcement and investigative tools we, and our partners, have developed."
Reuters reported in May that Israel had seized around 190 crypto accounts at Binance since 2021, including two it said were linked to Islamic State and dozens it said were owned by Palestinian firms connected to Hamas.
Persons:
Israel, Binance, Henriette Chacar, Tom Wilson, Nidal, Elizabeth Howcroft, Nick Macfie
Organizations:
Cyber Unit, Ministry of Defense, Reuters, Hamas, Islamic, Thomson
Locations:
Israel, Gaza, Binance, Islamic State, Jerusalem, London