President Trump’s Justice Department says it has dismantled an international Hamas fundraising network that collected more than $2 million while disguising terror financing as humanitarian aid.
The coordinated operation produced arrests in the United States and France, federal charges in three American jurisdictions and new scrutiny of the methods Hamas allegedly used to move money across borders.
At the center of the case is Saleem Alzaq, a Gaza resident whom prosecutors identify as a member of Hamas and a deputy battalion leader in the terrorist organization’s armed wing.
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that Alzaq had been indicted and that six alleged associates had been arrested.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Alzaq has operated an international fundraising network since at least January 2020, soliciting donors around the world—including donors inside the United States—and using social-media campaigns that prosecutors say concealed the destination of the money.
Prosecutors say the campaigns appeared to collect humanitarian aid for people in Gaza while directing the money to Hamas, with alleged associates in France and the United States helping collect, transfer and conceal the funds.
The alleged scheme collected more than $1.7 million through those campaigns, including donations from people in the United States.
The wider network exposed by federal and international investigators allegedly moved more than $2 million in total.
The Justice Department says the fundraising reached donors in the United States and was supported by associates who collected, routed and concealed payments across multiple countries. Authorities coordinated separate cases in New York, Louisiana and Florida with arrests by France’s domestic-security service.
The numbers tell only part of the story.
Federal prosecutors describe Alzaq as a Hamas insider—not an independent charity organizer who unknowingly sent money to the wrong destination.
The indictment alleges that he served in a propaganda office within the Al-Qassam Brigades, photographed events involving senior Hamas leaders and distributed material glorifying terrorists and the October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel.
Authorities in France arrested Faouzi Barika, Amel Oualid and Nordine Barika. The Justice Department says French associates helped Alzaq collect and transfer money raised for Hamas.
In the United States, federal authorities arrested Omar Adhami, Abdel Adhami and Raed Yousef.
Abdel Adhami, 35, and Omar Adhami, 33, are brothers from Covington, Louisiana.
Charging documents allege that Abdel contributed approximately $94,000 and Omar approximately $11,000 between February 2021 and September 2026.
Prosecutors say the brothers knew the money was intended for Hamas and attempted to conceal the contributions through wire transfers and intermediaries.
Yousef, 56, of Lutz, Florida, allegedly provided nearly $50,000 to the network.
The government says cryptocurrency was among the tools used to conceal the flow of money.
The alleged operation also relied on charitable appeals, conventional wires, intermediaries and international transfers—the same mixture of public trust and financial complexity that has made terror financing difficult to detect for decades.
That is why the humanitarian-aid disguise is so important.
People can sincerely want to help civilians in Gaza without wanting to finance Hamas. A fundraising network that secretly redirects those donations would exploit both the donor and the intended recipient while sustaining a terrorist organization.
Attorney General Blanche said anyone who finances terrorist organizations responsible for killing Americans should expect prosecution.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau and its partners followed the money across national borders and moved against resources allegedly headed to Hamas. He also reported 4,000 disruptions tied to foreign terrorist organizations and 1,100 alleged terrorist actors stopped in the United States and abroad since last year.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch credited intelligence analysts with developing the case that exposed the alleged $2 million pipeline.
The charges are substantial.
Alzaq faces conspiracy counts involving material support for Hamas, sanctions violations, money laundering and fraud. The most serious charges carry maximum penalties of 20 years in prison.
Omar and Abdel Adhami face material-support, wire-fraud and money-laundering charges, several of which also carry maximum 20-year sentences.
Yousef faces a broader series of counts involving material support, transactions with a designated terrorist, money laundering and passport fraud.
No indictment proves guilt. The charges describe the government’s case, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
But the operation shows a clear priority inside President Trump’s administration.
Terror organizations cannot function without money. Weapons, tunnels, propaganda, salaries, travel and logistics all depend on people who collect, conceal and transfer funds.
Breaking the financial pipeline can stop an attack long before an operative reaches a target.
The Justice Department did not announce one isolated arrest. It announced a coordinated strike on an alleged network spanning Gaza, France, Louisiana, Florida and New York.
For anyone raising money in America under the cover of charity while secretly financing Hamas, the message from the Trump administration is unmistakable.
The money trail is now a path to federal prison.
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at 100 Percent Fed Up. View the original article here.
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