United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Monday additional sanctions targeting "networks of Hamas-affiliated financial exchanges in Gaza." The sanctions in particular impact financial facilitators who acted as key players in transfers of funds, including cryptocurrency transfers, from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip. The OFAC said that Australia and the UK also issued "sanctions on key Hamas officials and facilitators."
The Treasury also revealed that it decided to impose sanctions on Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad and its Chief Executive Officer Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbani for supporting the IRGC-QF and its proxy organizations in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. "Iran and its proxies have sought to abuse regional economies and use seemingly legitimate businesses as cover for funding and facilitating their attacks," Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson noted.
