US imposes sanctions on individuals and charities over alleged Hamas financing

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury announced sanctions on three individuals and two charities based in France, alleging connections to the Islamist militant group Hamas. The sanctions were part of a broader operation that included the arrest of six individuals in the U.S. and France. According to officials, the network is accused of transferring over $2 million to Hamas through deceptive charitable fronts and cryptocurrency channels. The government described these actions as part of an extraordinary counter-terrorism effort to expose a sophisticated, multi-year financing architecture.