Haroun Mansour Yaqoub Nasser Al-Din

Haroun Mansour Yaqoub Nasser al-Din is a Turkey-based Hamas financier. Due to Al-Din’s activities in funding the terror organization’s activities, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated al-Din as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on December 13, 2023.“Counter Terrorism Designations,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 13, 2023, https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231213.

Al-Din is the head of Hamas’s Jerusalem office and, along with Zaher Jabarin, is one of the key financial operatives for the terror group in Turkey. Accordingly, al-Din is reported to be involved in a finance network that coordinated the transfer of funds from Turkey and Gaza to Hamas’s command center in Hebron, West Bank. The United States also accuses Al-Din of working with U.S.-designated Hamas senior official Saleh al-Arouri to increase instability across the West Bank on behalf of Hamas.“U.S. And UK Target Additional Hamas Finance Officials and Representatives,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 13, 2023, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1981.

In December 2023, the United States designated al-Din as an SDGT along with seven other Hamas supporters and officials who are accused of financing and organizing Hamas’s activities.“U.S. And UK Target Additional Hamas Finance Officials and Representatives,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 13, 2023, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1981. Hamas condemned the sanctions as a collusion between American and British governments with “the Zionist entity,” referring to Israel.“Press Statement,” Hamas Online Telegram Channel, December 13, 2023. Hamas further claimed the designations would “not deter the Hamas movement from continuing its duty to defend the legitimate national rights of our Palestinian people.”“Press Statement,” Hamas Online Telegram Channel, December 13, 2023.

Also Known As
  • Haroun Nasser Aldin“Counter Terrorism Designations,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 13, 2023, https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231213.
  • Serkan Kaya“Counter Terrorism Designations,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 13, 2023, https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231213.
  • Harun Mansur Ya’qub Nasi-al-din“Counter Terrorism Designations,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 13, 2023, https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231213.
  • Harun Nasr-al-din“Counter Terrorism Designations,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 13, 2023, https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231213.

    • Extremist entity
    Hamas
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    Type(s) of Organization:
    Political, religious, social service provider, terrorist, violent
    Ideologies and Affiliations:
    Islamist, jihadist, Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated group, pan-Islamist, Qutbist, Sunni
    Position(s):
    Financier

    Hamas is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization which has killed hundreds of Israeli citizens, as well as Americans, in suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks. Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip since it violently expelled the Palestinian Authority in 2007. 

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    United States

    • On December 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Haroun Mansour Yaqoub Nasser al-Din as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.“U.S. And UK Target Additional Hamas Finance Officials and Representatives,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 13, 2023, https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1981.

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