HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...Designating Hamas Cyber and UAV-Unit Operatives hide Designating Hamas Cyber and UAV-Unit Operatives Press Statement Matthew Miller, Department Spokesperson April 12, 2024 Operatives of terrorist group Hamas have used information warfare and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to facilitate terrorist violence across multiple fronts. In coordination with our international partners, the United States is today taking action against Hamas by targeting four Gaza- and Lebanon-based leaders of the terrorist group’s cyber and UAV operations. The United States will continue to target Hamas’s destabilizing attempts to launch terrorist attacks, as well as to disrupt Hamas terrorists wherever they operate, including across cyberspace. The Department of the Treasury actions were taken pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended. For more information on today’s action, see Treasury’s press release. Tags Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Countering Terrorism Cyber Issues Cyber Security Division for Counter Threat Finance and Sanctions Office of the Spokesperson Sanctions Terrorism