US Indicts Hamas Operative and American Citizens for Raising Funds
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
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- U.S. indicts Hamas operative and citizens for raising over $1.7 million.
- Funds were allegedly solicited from American donors for fake humanitarian aid.
- Fundraising began in January 2020 and continued after October 7th.
- Indicted individuals include a Gaza resident and U.S. citizens from Louisiana and Florida.
- The accused U.S. citizens have been arrested.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed indictments against a Hamas operative from Gaza and U.S. citizens accused of raising over $1.7 million for the terror organization, according to CBS News. The indictment alleges that more than $626,000 was collected from American donors under the false pretense of providing humanitarian aid for food or winter supplies to families in Gaza.
U.S. prosecutors claim the fundraising operation began in January 2020 and continued even after the October 7th massacre and the subsequent war. Among the indicted are Salim Alzaq, a 45-year-old Gaza resident and Hamas operative, and brothers Abd and Omar Al-Adhami, aged 35 and 33, from Louisiana. Also indicted is Raed Yousef, 56, from Florida.
The U.S. citizens accused in the case have been arrested and are being held by authorities.
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