Iranian support for Palestinian terrorism: Continuation of Iranian fund transfers to shaheeds’ families in the Gaza Strip by PIJ-affiliated Al-Ansar charity association | The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

The Al-Ansar charity association in the Gaza Strip, which is affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), announced that it had distributed this year financial support for families of shaheeds killed in the years 2000-2014. A total of $1,870,000 was distributed this year (compared to $2 million in 2017). The funds were transferred to the Al-Ansar association by the Iranian Martyrs Foundation, used by the Iranians as a channel to transfer funds earmarked for social activities supporting terrorism. The aid was transferred to 4,800 beneficiaries. Residents of the Gaza Strip, representatives of the shaheeds’ families, were supposed to arrive in the offices of the Al-Ansar association and receive checks to be cashed in the Hamas-controlled Islamic National Bank, which has been outlawed by the Palestinian Authority (PA).