The United States is offering up to $10 million for information on five Hamas financiers or anything leading to the disruption of the Palestinian militant organization’s financial mechanisms, the State Department announced today.

The reward offer comes after four rounds of US sanctions against Hamas following the group’s deadly incursion into Israel on October 7, which Israel says caused the death of 1,200 people. Israel’s military crackdown on Gaza, according to local health officials, has killed 22,600 people and reduced much of the enclave to rubble.

The five Hamas financiers are Abdelbasit Hamza Elhassan Khair, Amer Kamal Sharif Alsawa, Ahmed Sadou Jahleb, Walid Mohammed Mustafa Jadallah and Muhammad Ahmad Abdel Al-Daghim Nasrallah, all of whom have been designated international terrorists by the United States, the State Department says. in his announcement.

The first funder known as Hamza is based in Sudan. He runs several companies in the Hamas investment program and was involved in the transfer nearly $20 million, the State Department said in a statement. He has ties to Sudanese President Omar Bashir and Islamist groups that undermine Sudan’s stability, according to the State Department.

Three of the reported Hamas operatives – Amer Kamal Sharif Alsawa, Ahmed Sadou Jahleb and Walid Mohammed Mustafa Jadala – belong to the group’s investment network in Turkey, the ministry said.

Nasrallah has close ties to Iranian legal entities and is associated with the transfer of tens of millions of dollars to Hamas, including its military wing, the agency said. The State Department said in October that Nasrallah was based in Qatar.

The rewards, the State Department said in its statement, will be provided for information on any source of revenue for Hamas, major donors, financial institutions that facilitate transactions for Hamas, shell companies that supply dual-use technology to the organization and criminal schemes. that benefit Hamas.