The US and Britain imposed more sanctions on Hamas officials.

According to the United States Treasury Department, the United States and Britain slapped an additional round of penalties on individuals on Wednesday. These restrictions were placed on individuals in Turkey and other countries who have connections to the Palestinian Hamas militant group.

The Treasury Department issued a statement stating that the penalties will be directed at eight people who assist in managing Hamas’ funds and advance the organization’s goals and interests overseas.

“Hamas continues to rely heavily on networks of well-placed officials and affiliates, exploiting seemingly permissive jurisdictions to direct fundraising campaigns for the group’s benefit and funneling those illicit proceeds to support its military activities in Gaza,” said Brian Nelson, undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. According to Nelson, Hamas continues to rely heavily on these networks.

Treasury stated that some of the Hamas leaders that were targeted were headquartered in Turkey. Among those officials was Haroun Mansour Yaqoub Nasser Al-Din, considered one of the most critical financial operatives for the group in Turkey.

According to the report, Haroun Nasser Al-Din was a participant in a network that coordinated the flow of funds from Turkey and Gaza to the Hamas command center in the city of Hebron in the West Bank. This network also assisted in providing financial support to Hamas actions that caused more unrest in the West Bank.

At the end of November, Nelson made a trip to Oman and Turkey to contribute to the United States’ attempts to prevent Hamas and other organizations from being able to procure and transfer cash.

The Palestinian terrorist organization was subjected to the fourth wave of sanctions by the United States in response to its murderous incursion into Israel on October 7. Israel claims that the invasion resulted in the deaths of 1,200 Palestinians. The following military reprisal by Israel has resulted in the deaths of 18,000 individuals in Gaza, according to the local health professionals.

In synchronized moves on Wednesday, the British foreign office said that it had sanctioned seven additional individuals connected to Hamas. These individuals included Mahmoud Zahar, the co-founder of Hamas, as well as Ali Baraka, the chief of external relations for Hamas, who the United States also sanctioned.

A leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization and players in the financial network that supports Hamas are some of the targets of the sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom. These penalties also target persons in Lebanon and Algeria.

Hamas can’t advance in Gaza. The sanctions that were imposed on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad today will continue to cut off their access to finance and even more isolate them, according to the statement made by the British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron.

That was the second wave of sanctions that Britain has imposed against Hamas since the bombings on October 7.

In the United States and the United Kingdom, the sanctions act to prevent any transactions involving the individuals who are the subject of the sanctions, as well as any property and interests in property owned by the designated individuals.

In a statement to Reuters, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri stated that the penalties were unwarranted, and Hamas later stated that the sanctions were based on incorrect charges.

“We call on the American administration and the British government once again to review their aggressive policies towards our Palestinian people,” the Hamas organization stated in a statement.

Eli Cohen, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, expressed his satisfaction with the most recent sanctions and urged other nations to take similar actions, stating that “only a persistent and uncompromising struggle will lead to the collapse of the Hamas government.”

Other individuals who the United States has mentioned include Jihad Muhammad Shaker Yaghmour, who is the official representative of Hamas to Turkey, and Ismail Musa Ahmad Barhum, who assisted in the collection of funds from worldwide fundraisers into accounts belonging to the Hamas finance ministry, according to the Treasury Department.

Mehmet Kaya, who is also located in Turkey, was the focus of the penalties because he participated in several money transfers on behalf of Hamas. According to the statement, as a result of his engagement, Hamas received “tens of millions of dollars’ worth of financial services.”