US Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on Hamas Financiers
Palestinian terrorists ride an Israeli military vehicle that was seized by gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 7, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot
The US government is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the disruption of the Palestinian terror group Hamas’ financial networks, the State Department said on Friday.
The department’s Rewards for Justice program is seeking information on five Hamas financial facilitators: Abdelbasit Hamza Elhassan Khair, Amer Kamal Sharif Alshawa, Ahmed Sadu Jahleb, Walid Mohammed Mustafa Jadallah, and Muhammad Ahmad ‘Abd Al-Dayim Nasrallah.
Alshawa, Jahleb, and Jadallah are all Hamas operatives who are part of the group’s investment network in Turkey, which hosts leaders of the terror group. Long hostile to Israel, the regime of Turkey’s Islamist President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has upped its harsh rhetoric in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre carried out by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel and been a vocal supporter of Hamas.
Meanwhile, Khair is based in Sudan and “was previously involved in the transfer of almost $20 million to Hamas,” according to the State Department.
As for Nasrallah, the State Department described him as “a longtime Hamas operative with close ties to Iranian entities.” He is also responsible for transferring “tens of millions of dollars to Hamas,” including to the group’s military wing. Iran is the main international sponsor of Hamas, providing the terror group with funds, arms, and training.
All five individuals named by the State Department have previously been designated as global terrorists by the United States.
The $10 million bounty is part of a new US effort to crack down on Hamas’ terrorism activities since Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, murdered 1,200 people, and kidnapped 240 others as hostages. The onslaught sparked the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave ruled by the terror group since 2007.
The reward offering followed four rounds of US sanctions on Hamas following Oct. 7.
According to the State Department, rewards may be provided for information leading to the identification and disruption of any source of revenue for Hamas, major donors, financial institutions that facilitate transactions for Hamas, front companies that procure dual-use technology for the terror group, and criminal schemes that financially benefit Hamas.
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