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US charges Hamas leader and others over October 7 attack on Israel
Updated On: 04 September, 2024 01:26 PM IST | Washington | mid-day online correspondent
The indictments also accuse Iran and Lebanon`s Hezbollah of providing financial and military assistance to Hamas.
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Palestinians inspect the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a building in Nuseirat. Pic/AFP
The United States has charged Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar, as well as five other senior Palestinian leaders, with a deadly attack on Israel on October 7, last year. On September 3, the United States Justice Department announced the indictment of six Hamas members on seven counts, including the murder and kidnapping of innocent civilians, including American citizens. The indictments also accuse Iran and Lebanon`s Hezbollah of providing financial and military assistance to Hamas.
The case, filed in a federal court in New York City, says that the defendants are either dead or still at large. Attorney General Merrick B Garland declared in a video message, "On October 7, Hamas terrorists commanded by these defendants murdered approximately 1,200 people, including over 40 Americans, and kidnapped hundreds of civilians. This weekend, we learnt that Hamas murdered six more people they had kidnapped and held captive for nearly a year, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old Israeli American.
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