The Department of Justice said that it was indicting six Hamas members on seven counts, which included using WMDs, financing terrorism, and killing US people.
The criminal complaint details the extraordinary attack on southern Israel almost a year ago, in addition to decades of suspected attacks by Hamas.
Although up to three of the individuals mentioned in the indictment are believed to be dead and Sinwar is said to be hiding in tunnels beneath the ground, this is the first move that US law enforcement is taking to hold the masterminds of the October 7 assault accountable.
Along with Mohammed Deif and Ali Baraka, other charged Hamas leaders include former leader Ismail Haniyeh, Khaled Mashaal, the group’s commander outside of Gaza and the West Bank, and Marwan Issa, the organization’s deputy chief of its military branch.
The charges include conspiracy to finance terrorism, conspiracy to bomb a public place and cause death, and conspiracy to provide material support for terrorist acts that cause death.
