The US Treasury Department imposed a second package of financial sanctions on the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and entities and figures associated with it, following the Al-Aqsa Flood operation launched by the movement against the Israeli occupation on October 7.

The US Treasury said that the new sanctions target Hamas officials in Iran and members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

She added that the measures targeted additional assets in Hamas' investment portfolio, and people who facilitate Hamas-linked companies to evade sanctions.

The ministry said that the sanctions also included a Gaza-based entity that served as a channel for Iranian financing of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements.

For his part, US Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in the statement, “Today’s action confirms the United States’ commitment to dismantling Hamas’ financing networks by deploying our counter-terrorism sanctions authorities and working with our global partners to deprive Hamas of the ability to exploit the international financial system.”

He added, "We will not hesitate to take measures that would further weaken Hamas's ability to commit horrific attacks by relentlessly targeting its financial activities and sources of funding."

Other Sanctions The Treasury Department said it had imposed sanctions on a Jordanian citizen living in Tehran, who it said “serves as a representative of Hamas in Iran, in addition to officials in the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who train and assist members of Hamas and other armed groups.”

The sanctions also targeted the commander of the Al-Sabreen Brigade for the Special Forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Ground Forces and residing in Iran. The Treasury Department said that the Al-Sabreen Brigade deployed in Syria and provided training to Hamas and members of the Lebanese Hezbollah.

The sanctions included companies in Sudan and Spain and shareholders residing in Turkey in a company that had previously been classified as part of Hamas’ investment portfolio. The United States said earlier that Hamas’ investment portfolio, valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, includes companies operating in Turkey as well as in Sudan, Algeria, the Emirates and other places.

The measure taken today, Friday, freezes any assets in the United States of those targeted, and generally prohibits Americans from dealing with them, and those who participate in certain transactions with them may also be subject to sanctions.

Source: Al Jazeera + agencies