Terror funding

Hamas revenue machine thrives under Gaza ceasefire

Aid flows almost exclusively to strengthen the military wing and fortify Hamas’s structure, while the burden of civil and governmental management relies on local tax collection from merchants.

Hamas terrorists secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025.
 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

Michigan man receives 20-year sentence for providing material support to ISIS

In 2020, the US Justice Department concluded that AJ+, Al Jazeera’s American digital platform, was required to register under FARA as an agent of the Qatari government.

Iran builds proxies, Qatar peddles influence: Decoding Doha's double game - analysis

The American flag flies next to the South Portico of the White House on January 31, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US imposes fresh sanctions targeting Iran's covert 'shadow banking' financial network


Ted Cruz: Biden admin. poured 'millions of dollars' into Hamas

“They secretly poured literally uncountable hundreds of millions of dollars toward Hamas, including tens of millions of cash they could never account for,” Cruz said. 

 US SENATOR Ted Cruz speaks at an event in Phoenix last month. Last week, he introduced a proposed amendment setting limitations of three two-year terms for members of the House and two six-year terms for the Senate, the writer notes.

PA considers changing policy of financially rewarding families of terrorists

"I know that intensive discussions are taking place, and there may be a significant shift in this policy," the PA's legal representative said during a compensation lawsuit filed against it.

 Israeli security forces at the scene of a shooting in the northern West Bank, January 6, 2025

Katz imposes economic sanctions on Hezbollah-affiliated clients to 'dismantle terror'

"We will not allow Hezbollah and its supporters to continue funding terrorism against the State of Israel," said Katz.

 Outgoing Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.

Western Union, 'Whish Money' used to fund Hezbollah weapon acquisition campaign

A Hezbollah-run campaign fundraising for weaponry called to make money transfers through international and local services, pointing at Western Union and Whish Money as key service providers.

  A sign advertises the money transfer service Western Union on January 11, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.

French cement maker Lafarge to face trial on terrorism funding charges

Investigations continue into allegations that Lafarge was complicit in crimes against humanity, part of the wider probe into how the group kept its factory running in Syria.

 The logo of French concrete maker Lafarge is seen on the plant of Bercy on the banks of the river Seine in Paris, France, September 3, 2020.

Five Hamas operatives arrested in east Jerusalem on suspicion of financing terror

He is suspected of transferring funds through his personal businesses, including a chain of supermarkets in Shu'afat and Anata.

 Interrogation room detective interrogating suspect Police work investigation. 3D Illustration

Watch: IDF strikes Hamas, Al-Noor terror group in continued Gaza operations

The IDF also killed Salame Barake, who was a Hamas operative in the eastern Khan Yunis Battalion and Head of Finance in the Hamas Police. 

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, June 1, 2024.

What forces are at play behind US campus protests? - opinion

"We must all refuse to sit by and allow history to repeat itself. To anyone who believes they can wait this out, the mobs will come for you, Jewish or not."

 SIGNS ARE displayed in front of Deering Meadow, at an encampment of pro-Palestinian activists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in April 2024.

IDF, Defense Ministry deposit NIS 29 million worth of terror funds to Bank of Israel

The funds were acquired throughout the war by the Plunder Seizure Unit of the Technology and Logistics Branch.

Terror funds deposit operation. (18/4/2024)

As soldiers fight in Gaza, lawyers take on terror funding in court

“If you block the flow of the money, you can block the flow of the terrorism, and the only way to do so is by bringing legal actions against the terror organizations and their financial patrons."

 Approximately 70 US and Israeli victims of October 7 filed a lawsuit with a US federal court, seeking restitution from Iran as a sponsor of Gazan terrorist organizations in January.