Treasury Continues to Disrupt Hamas’ Sham Charity Network as the Group Refuses to Disarm

WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating four sham charities that directly fund Hamas’s Military Wing and its terrorist activities militants and enable the group to sustain its terrorist operations. Hamas continues to rely on deceitful practices to hide its revenue-generating activities behind civilian organizations under the pretense of conducting humanitarian work, while in reality supporting the group’s continued efforts to fund their terrorist operations.“Hamas continues to finance its military wing by exploiting sham charities to support terrorist operations,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “The Treasury Department will not allow Hamas to misuse the charitable sector for its violent aims, and we will continue to target these networks wherever they operate.”The entities included in today’s action underscore Hamas’ efforts to leverage a covert global network to fund its Military Wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, which is responsible for carrying out some of the group’s