Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Salih AL-ARURI

Aliases

Saleh AL-ARURI; Salah AL-ARURI; Saleh AL-AROURI; Salih AL-ARORI; Salah AL-AROURI; Salih Muhammad Sulayman AL-ARURI; Saleh Muhammad Suleiman AL-AROURI; Salih Muhammad SULAYMAN; SULEIMAN, Salih; SULAIMAN, Salih Dar; MUHAMMAD, Abu

DoB

1966-08-19

Reg. ID

2525897, Passport; 3580327, Passport

Official reason

Al-Aruri is a Hamas political bureau member who funds and directs military operations in the West Bank and against Israel.  In the late 1990s, al-Aruri was a key Hamas recruiter and his authority over Hamas military activity extends back to at least the early 1990s, when he served as a commander in Hamas’s military wing.  In 2010, immediately after...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0159

Date of listing

2015-09-10

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Blocking Property

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2396

Official Information

On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (68 FR 34196, June 6, 2003 (“the Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-13969/global-terrorism-sanctions-regulations