Treasury Targets Hamas UAV Unit Officials and Cyber Actor

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking action against Hamas, targeting Gaza- and Lebanon-based leaders of the terrorist group’s offensive cyber and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations. Concurrent with this action, the European Union is imposing sanctions targeting Hamas.“Today’s joint action reinforces our continued, collective focus on disrupting Hamas’s ability to conduct further attacks, including through cyber warfare and the production of UAVs,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. “Treasury, in coordination with our allies and partners, will continue to target Hamas’s facilitation networks wherever they operate, including in the cyber domain.”This action builds on OFAC’s recent joint designations with Australia and the United Kingdom on January 22, 2024 that targeted key Hamas financial facilitators, actions with the United Kingdom on March 27, 2024, and December 13, 2023 and November 14, 2023, targeting Hamas leaders and financiers; as well as U.S.