The complaint names six defendants, three of whom are deceased.
The United States unsealed a raft of “terrorism” and other charges against six Hamas leaders on Sept 3 related to the armed Palestinian group’sThe charging document, dated Feb 1, targets six leaders of the group – including Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and late political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in late July in Tehran.
Hamas, which has been designated a “terrorist organisation” by Washington since 1997, launched its unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct 7, triggering the brutal ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the Palestinian group. Charged along with Sinwar and Haniyeh was Mohammad Al-Masri, the former commander in chief of the al-Qassam Brigades who is believed to have died in July.
The final man charged was Ali Baraka, Hamas’s head of National Relations, who is also based outside of Gaza.
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