Three days after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, one of Hamas’s top political leaders put out a call for a new front in the group’s conflict with Israel — a fight to be waged not with bullets, but with dollars.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Seeking cash, Hamas turns to allies experienced in ‘financial jihad’
Gaza crisis spurs massive online giving, some of it led by networks accused of aiding al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups
By Joby Warrick
and Updated January 12, 2024 at 1:28 p.m. EST|Published January 12, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST