Terror funding

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Global money trail: How Hamas and Hezbollah are funded despite sanctions – opinion

Hamas and Hezbollah thrive on international funds – learn how fake charities and digital currencies keep their cash flow alive.

 A Palestinian whose house was destroyed during Israel's offensive, shows money distributed by Hamas in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip January 28, 2009.
Bank Hapoalim.

Bank Hapoalim blocks Physicians for Human Rights' account over terrorism financing claims

 People demonstrate on the day of a vote on the motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in London, Britain, February 21, 2024.

Doc claims British gov’t knew aid funds went to Hamas, UK denies

 A child sits with water containers as Palestinians gather to collect water amid shortages during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 29, 2024.

UK charity reported to counter-terror police for potential funding of Hamas


Israel and US must cut Hamas off from Tehran - opinion

Israel and US must exert maximum effort to prevent Iran from rebuilding Hamas, or risk erasing IDF's achievements in the war and enabling the Hamas terrorists to carry out another massacre.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with the head of the Political Council of Hamas, Mohammed Ismail Darwish and senior officials of Hamas, in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2025.

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.