US and UK authorities unveiled sanctions on Wednesday against two people and three companies related to the popular media channel Gaza Now over alleged fundraising efforts “in support of Hamas”. The Treasury Department said in a statement that Gaza Now, whose popular Telegram channel has more than 1.8 million followers, and its founder Mustafa Ayash, started fundraising for Hamas after the group’s October 7 attack, which Israeli authorities say killed over 1,000 people. Israel’s military campaign on the same day has killed at least 32,414 people in Gaza, most of them women and children. “Treas…