US Sanctions Muslim Brotherhood Official and Hamas Financial Network

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official and a network of individuals and entities accused of providing financial and material support to Hamas.

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated UK-based Mahmoud al-Abyari, three other individuals and three entities under Executive Order 13224, the main US counterterrorism sanctions authority.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US administration would continue pursuing terrorist organisations and their financiers, including those operating through charities, businesses and informal financial networks.

According to the Treasury, al-Abyari is a senior leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and serves as secretary-general of the Muslim Brotherhood General Secretariat.

OFAC said he had supported fundraising for institutions previously sanctioned by the United States over alleged links to Hamas, including Filistin Vakfi and Hayat Yolu. He was designated for acting for or on behalf of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, which OFAC sanctioned in January 2026.

The sanctions also targeted Indonesia-based Tujah Bulah Global, which operates under the name Seven Spikes Global, and the Gaza-based Madad Palestine Charitable Society.

The Treasury alleged that Hamas created both organisations to collect money for its military wing. It said donations collected by Madad Palestine for civilians were knowingly diverted for military purposes.

Türkiye-based El-Kahira for General Trading was also designated. OFAC accused the company of transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hamas and providing informal banking services involving conventional currencies and cryptocurrencies.

The company’s owner, Khuldun Khamis Zakaria Alden, and shareholders Zaid Issam Ahmed Al-Jebouri and Abdullah Issam Ahmad Al-Jebouri were also sanctioned.

According to OFAC, El-Kahira provided financial services to organised criminal groups, including the Sweden-based Foxtrot Network. The Treasury also alleged that Zaid and Abdullah provided informal banking services to another criminal organisation.

The Treasury said the action formed part of a wider effort to expose transnational fundraising channels used by Hamas-linked organisations and Muslim Brotherhood affiliates to move and conceal funds.

The designations follow earlier OFAC measures announced in January and March 2026 against Hamas financial facilitators, operatives and organisations accused of collecting money on its behalf.

The Treasury said the latest action was coordinated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and US Customs and Border Protection.

Under the sanctions, all property and financial interests belonging to the designated individuals and entities that are held in the United States or controlled by US persons must be frozen and reported to OFAC.

Companies owned by sanctioned persons, directly or indirectly, by 50% or more are also blocked. US persons are generally prohibited from conducting transactions involving the designated parties unless authorised by OFAC.

Foreign financial institutions may also face secondary sanctions if they knowingly conduct or facilitate significant transactions on behalf of the sanctioned individuals or entities.