Washington DC, July 24 -- The United States on Thursday (local time) imposed sanctions on a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official, three individuals and three entities accused of providing financial and material support to Hamas in a move aimed at disrupting the group's global fundraising and financial infrastructure.

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a press statement the action targets networks that allegedly operated through charitable fronts, businesses and underground banking channels to raise and transfer funds for Hamas, which Washington designates as a terrorist organisation.

According to the Treasury Department, two of the sanctioned entities functioned as sham charities t...