President Trump’s Justice Department just announced a coordinated international strike against an alleged Hamas money pipeline with deep ties to the United States.
Federal prosecutors unveiled charges in New York, Louisiana and Florida while American and French authorities arrested six alleged members or supporters of the network.
The allegations describe something far more dangerous than a few reckless donations.
Investigators say an operative in Gaza built a global fundraising machine, used humanitarian appeals as cover and collected more than $1.7 million while money flowed from donors in America and abroad.
The Justice Department put the network on notice in its official announcement Friday.
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Saleem Alzaq, 45, is accused of operating the international fundraising network from Gaza since at least January 2020. The announcement ties the case to arrests and charges in three American jurisdictions plus a coordinated French operation.
Prosecutors describe Alzaq as a Hamas member and battalion deputy in the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the terrorist group’s armed wing. They say he also worked inside the brigade’s media apparatus and distributed material from events involving senior Hamas leaders.
He allegedly promoted donation drives on social media as humanitarian relief campaigns while directing the proceeds to Hamas.
The Justice Department says those campaigns collected more than $1.7 million. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the investigation exposed more than $2 million being funneled to Hamas.
The alleged operation stretched across multiple countries, with associates in France accused of helping collect and transfer the money.
DOJ says the cases were built through coordinated work by the FBI, NYPD, federal prosecutors, French authorities and the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs.
The money trail did not stop at the water’s edge.
Omar Adhami and Abdel Adhami, both of Covington, Louisiana, were arrested and accused of supplying funds to Alzaq’s network.
According to prosecutors, Abdel Adhami contributed roughly $94,000 and Omar Adhami contributed about $11,000 between 2021 and September 2026.
The government alleges that the two men knew Hamas engaged in terrorism and tried to conceal their contributions through wire transfers and intermediaries.
Raed Yousef, 56, of Lutz, Florida, was also arrested. Prosecutors say he provided nearly $50,000 to the alleged network.
Yousef faces a long list of charges, including material-support counts, sanctions violations, money laundering and passport fraud.
In France, the General Directorate for Internal Security arrested Faouzi Barika, Amel Oualid and Nordine Barika in the same coordinated operation.
French authorities allege that Alzaq’s associates helped collect and transfer money raised for Hamas.
Treasury moved on the financial side of the operation at the same time, identifying what it described as deceptive charitable fronts and cryptocurrency channels.
That alleged use of charity as camouflage is one of the ugliest parts of the case.
Americans who want to help innocent civilians in a war zone should not have to wonder whether their generosity is being hijacked to finance the same terrorists who slaughter civilians and take hostages.
According to the government, Alzaq was not a distant sympathizer who stumbled into the wrong fundraising campaign.
Prosecutors say he worked in the Photography Department of the Al-Qassam Brigades’ Shujaiyya Brigade Media Office and distributed images from events involving senior Hamas leaders.
They also accuse him of publishing propaganda that glorified Hamas leaders, praised fighters as martyrs and celebrated the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel.
That massacre killed more than 1,200 people and led to more than 250 hostages being taken, including 46 American citizens.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration intends to pursue anyone who finances organizations responsible for killing Americans.
FBI Director Kash Patel said agents followed the money across borders and through cryptocurrency in an effort to cut off resources moving under the guise of charity.
The FBI’s New Orleans office confirmed that the Louisiana leg of the case centered on alleged cryptocurrency funding for Hamas.
The geographic spread of the case shows why terror finance cannot be treated like ordinary fraud.
Investigators had to connect alleged conduct in Gaza, France, New York, Louisiana and Florida, then coordinate arrests and charges across several jurisdictions.
The charges also show how digital tools can be used to hide an old crime: collecting money for killers while pretending to serve a humanitarian cause.
Alzaq faces conspiracy charges that include material support for Hamas, sanctions violations, money laundering and defrauding the United States.
The most serious counts carry potential prison terms of up to 20 years, although Alzaq remains in Gaza and the Justice Department did not announce his arrest.
The American defendants face their own material-support and money-laundering charges, with several counts also carrying possible 20-year sentences.
Those are allegations, not convictions. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
But the public deserves to understand what prosecutors say they found: an alleged Hamas operative, charitable fundraising appeals, cryptocurrency, American donors and a financial network spanning several countries.
For years, too many officials spoke about terror finance as if it were an abstract policy problem.
The Trump administration is treating it as the operational threat it is: find the people, follow the money, make the arrests and shut down the pipeline.
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.
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