U.S. Prosecutors Charge Hamas Leaders Over Oct. 7 Attack on Israel
Federal prosecutors charged six senior Hamas officials with terrorism and other crimes in connection with years of attacks on Israel, including the Oct. 7 massacre, according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday.
The complaint, originally filed in February, names as defendants Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, as well as Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammad Deif, Marwan Issa, Khaled Meshaal, and Ali Baraka.
Each man faces seven criminal charges: conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals; conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death; conspiracy to provide material support for acts of terror resulting in death; conspiracy to bomb a place of public use resulting in death; conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction resulting in death; conspiracy to finance terrorism; and conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a sanctions-evasion charge.