Last Updated: January 19, 2026

ELEHSSAN

Aliases

ELEHSSAN SOCIETY; ELEHSSAN SOCIETY AND BIRR; ELEHSSAN SOCIETY WA BIRR; BIRR AND ELEHSSAN SOCIETY; BIR WA ELEHSSAN SOCIETY; IHSAN CHARITY; JAMI'A AL-AHSAN AL-KHAYRIYYAH; AL-AHSAN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION; AL-IHSAN CHARITABLE SOCIETY; AL-BIR AND AL-IHSAN ORGANIZATION; AL-BAR AND AL-IHSAN SOCIETIES; AL-BAR AND AL-IHSAN SOCIETY; AL-BIRR WA A...

Address

AL-MUZANNAR ST, AL-NASIR AREA, Gaza City, Gaza, Palestinian; Jenin, West Bank, Palestinian; Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestinian; Ramallah, West Bank, Palestinian; Tulkarm, West Bank, Palestinian; Lebanon; P.O. BOX 398, Hebron, West Bank, Palestinian

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated the Elehssan Society, including all its branches, as a charitable front for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). A deadly Palestinian terrorist group, PIJ has been named a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) by the U.S. Government and is also n...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/js2426

Date of listing

2005-05-04

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

SDN

Program URL

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