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| DATE | 2025-11-21 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Our Friends in Canada
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Hundreds of Hamas-linked operatives had ties to Canada on Oct. 7 - report
Multiple Canadian residents were discovered to be funding or active
within Hamas.
Supporters of a ceasefire in Gaza pray as they gather to protest outside
the venue of a Liberal Party fundraising rally featuring Canada's Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and
the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March
15, 2024.
Supporters of a ceasefire in Gaza pray as they gather to protest outside
the venue of a Liberal Party fundraising rally featuring Canada's Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and
the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March
15, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/CARLOS OSORIO)
ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
NOVEMBER 20, 2025 05:17
Updated: NOVEMBER 20, 2025 09:06
At the time of the October 7 massacre, about 450 Hamas terrorists had
ties to Canada, and some of them were residents, Global News reported on
Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the intelligence.
This number included Usama Ali, also known as Radwan and Rizwan, who the
US Treasury Department claimed was appointed as head of the Hamas
Investment Office. Ali holds both Lebanese and Canadian citizenships,
and his location is currently unknown.
According to the Treasury Department’s release, the Hamas Investment
Office held assets valued at more than $500 million, including stakes in
various international companies. The office handled daily portfolio
management to fund the terrorist organization.
“It’s a strategic long-term investment,” said former US Treasury
official Matthew Levitt in an interview with Global News. “You are
living off the income that the companies are generating.”
The Treasury Department also alleged that Ali served on Hamas’s
Executive Committee and was a member of Hamas’s Shura Council, which
elects Hamas executives and decides on Hamas strategies and laws. He was
in contact with Hamas leaders, including Political Bureau Chief Ismail
Haniyeh and Political Bureau Deputy Chief Salih al-Aruri.
Protesters embrace as they leave a pro-Palestinian student encampment at
the University of Toronto after an Ontario judge ordered pro-Palestinian
protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, amid the ongoing
conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 3,
2024. (credit: Arlyn McAdorey/Reuters)
Protesters embrace as they leave a pro-Palestinian student encampment at
the University of Toronto after an Ontario judge ordered pro-Palestinian
protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, amid the ongoing
conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 3,
2024. (credit: Arlyn McAdorey/Reuters)
Haniyeh and al-Aruri have both been killed, but Ali’s current status is
unknown.
Ali’s deputy, Hisham Younis Yahia Qafisheh, was involved in several
companies controlled by Hamas, serving on the Boards of Directors of
companies in various countries.
In October of 2023, the US Treasury expanded its sanctions on Hamas
terrorists, claiming to target a “secret Hamas investment portfolio.”
Canadian residents with ties to Hamas
Many Canadian residents may not have served as members of Hamas's
leadership, but were in other positions or provided funding.
For example, Omar Alkassab, a Canadian resident and Syrian refugee,
allegedly owned a digital wallet associated with the Dubai Money
exchange, a business that was designated as a Terrorist Organization by
the Israeli Defense Ministry in 2022
The Dubai Money Exchange, a business unaffiliated with the Emirate of
Dubai and the UAE, had “been a significant part of Hamas’ economic
infrastructure for laundering and transferring capital from sources of
funding abroad to Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,” according to
the Defense Ministry's official designation.
Alkassab originally worked as a delivery driver in Syria and moved with
his family to Turkey and later Canada when the Syrian Civil War broke
out. He now works as a house painter in Winnipeg and has applied for
Canadian citizenship.
According to Canadian federal records released to Global News,
Alkassab’s application was suspended in May 2022 as part of an
investigation, a month after his crypto wallet was discovered.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service sent its assessment report on
Alkassab to immigration officials in January of 2025. The assessment
flagged his Hamas association, citing publicly available information
from the Israeli government indicating that Alkassab owned a crypto
wallet believed to belong to the Dubai Company.
Alkassab claimed not to know why his citizenship application was delayed
or whether there were any investigations against him.
The delay has “affected my confidence, self-esteem and overall outlook
on the future,” Alkassab wrote in a court statement.
“The uncertainty and instability caused by my lack of citizenship have
taken a great toll on both my mental and emotional well-being.”
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