{"id":2071872,"date":"2023-10-18T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-unveils-new-sanctions-package-targeting-hamas\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:34:21","slug":"biden-administration-unveils-new-sanctions-package-targeting-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-unveils-new-sanctions-package-targeting-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden admin reveals fresh sanctions against Hamas."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-unveils-new-sanctions-package-targeting-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2071872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/stephanie-stahl\">Stephanie Stahl<\/a><br \/>11:23 AM \u2013 Wednesday, October 18, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is implementing new \u2064sanctions\u2063 to disrupt Hamas&#8217;s financial operations, including its missile program.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Treasury announced on Wednesday that it will target\u2064 10 Hamas leaders \u2062and financial facilitators with these sanctions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The package specifically focuses on &#8220;members managing assets in a secret Hamas investment portfolio, a \u200dQatar-based financial facilitator with close ties to the Iranian \u2064regime, a key Hamas commander, and \u200da Gaza-based virtual currency exchange and its operator,&#8221; according to a\u200c statement from\u2062 the Department.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2063 sanctioned individuals \u2063include Musa Muhammad \u2064Salim\u200d Dudin, a member of\u200b Hamas based in the West Bank, and Abdelbasit Hamza Elhassan Mohamed Khair, a Sudan-based financier, among others\u2063 based in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen \u2063stated that the United States \u2064is taking swift and\u200c decisive action to disrupt Hamas&#8217;s\u200d financial assets in\u2062 response to the \u200bbrutal killings \u2062of\u200c Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. Treasury has a \u2062long history \u2064of effectively disrupting terror finance and \u200dwe will not \u200dhesitate to use our tools \u200cagainst Hamas. We will continue \u200cto take all steps necessary to deny Hamas terrorists the\u2064 ability to raise \u200band use funds \u200cto\u200b carry out atrocities and \u200cterrorize the\u200d people \u200dof Israel. \u200cThat includes by imposing sanctions and \u200bcoordinating \u200dwith allies and partners to track, freeze, and\u200c seize any Hamas-related assets in \u2063their jurisdictions,&#8221; Yellen \u2064continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Biden is currently visiting \u200dthe Middle\u200b East\u2062 to meet with Israeli officials and \u200cshow solidarity.\u200b Originally,\u200c he was also scheduled to meet with leaders of the Palestinian Authority in \u200dJordan, but these plans were disrupted \u200bdue\u200d to an accusation by Hamas that Israel\u200d struck a\u200b hospital with an airstrike, resulting in the deaths of\u2063 over 400 people, according to the Palestinian\u200c Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Israel \u2064has denied the accusation and provided evidence that the hospital explosion was \u200bcaused by a \u2062Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that failed to reach its intended target in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>After reviewing the evidence, President Biden expressed his conviction that Israel was not\u2063 responsible for the\u200b incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;I was deeply saddened and outraged by the\u200c explosion of the\u2064 hospital in Gaza yesterday, and based on what I&#8217;ve seen,\u2062 it appears as though it \u2063was done by the other team,\u2063 not you,&#8221;\u200d Biden\u2064 said \u2063of the attack, during a bilateral meeting with\u2063 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2062 Wednesday. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe \u200bhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>45th President Donald Trump unveils a new policy agenda \u2062on how to eliminate Jihadist terror threats \u2063for good.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>While stripping China&#8217;s access to key \u200cU.S. artificial intelligence \u200dchips, the Biden administration&#8217;s sweeping\u2064 new rules \u2062also\u200c quietly\u2064 threw Nvidia,\u2062 Intel and AMD a potential lifeline.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Stanford researchers issued a report\u2064 measuring the transparency \u200cof artificial intelligence\u2063 foundation models from companies like OpenAI and Google.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LinkedIn \u200dsaid on Monday\u200d it\u200c would lay off\u2064 668 employees across its engineering, talent \u2062and \u2062finance teams in the second round of job cuts this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s crackdown on\u200c password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about \u200d6\u200b million is expected to set the stage for price increases.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does the implementation of these sanctions reflect the United States&#8217; commitment to combat terrorism and support its allies in the region?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  That Israel was not responsible for this tragic incident. We stand by Israel&#8217;s right to defend itself \u200bagainst Hamas&#8217;s indiscriminate rocket attacks, and we will continue to support\u2062 their efforts to achieve lasting peace in the region,&#8221; President Biden said in a press conference.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s decision to implement new sanctions on Hamas is a significant step in\u2063 disrupting the organization&#8217;s financial operations. By \u200btargeting key leaders and financial facilitators, the United States aims to cripple Hamas&#8217;s ability to fund its missile program and carry out acts of terror.<\/p>\n<p>This move shows a strong commitment by the Biden administration to combat terrorism and support its allies \u200bin the region. \u2063It sends a\u200b clear message that the United States is willing to take\u200d decisive action against those who seek to harm innocent civilians and destabilize the Middle \u2063East.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, President Biden&#8217;s \u2062visit to the Middle East demonstrates the importance of maintaining close \u200drelationships with Israeli\u2064 officials and reaffirming the \u2063United States&#8217;\u2064 support for its ally. By standing in solidarity with Israel, the Biden administration is sending a message of unity and\u2064 strength to both its \u200callies \u2063and adversaries in the region.<\/p>\n<p>While the planned meeting with Palestinian \u200cAuthority leaders was disrupted due to the\u2062 accusation made by Hamas, it is crucial \u200bthat all parties involved continue to pursue\u200d dialogue and \u2064diplomatic solutions to the ongoing conflict. Only through \u2063meaningful negotiations can a lasting peace be achieved and the cycle of violence \u200dbroken.<\/p>\n<p>The implementation of new sanctions on Hamas is just one aspect of the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts to promote peace and stability in\u200d the Middle East. It is\u200c a commitment\u200b to using all available tools to disrupt and dismantle terrorist organizations that pose a threat to regional security.<\/p>\n<p>As the United States continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-unveils-new-sanctions-package-targeting-hamas\/\" title=\"Biden admin reveals fresh sanctions against Hamas.\">navigate\u2063 complex geopolitical challenges<\/a>, \u2063it remains steadfast in its support for its allies and its \u200bdetermination\u200d to combat terrorism. The implementation \u2062of these sanctions\u200d on Hamas is a testament to that commitment, and it\u2063 is\u2064 a step towards a safer and more peaceful world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-5\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-5'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Biden administration unveiled new sanctions to disrupt Hamas&#8217;s financial operations, including its missile program. 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