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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced transgression charges Tuesday against Hamas person Yahya Sinwar and different militants successful transportation with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage successful Israel.
The transgression ailment filed successful national tribunal successful New York City includes charges of conspiring to supply worldly enactment to a overseas violent organization, resulting successful death.
"The charges unsealed contiguous are conscionable 1 portion of our effort to people each facet of Hamas’ operations,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said successful a video statement. “These actions volition not beryllium our last.”
Sinwar was appointed the wide caput of Hamas aft the sidesplitting of Ismail Haniyeh successful Iran and sits atop Israel’s most-wanted list. He is believed to person spent astir of the past 10 months surviving successful tunnels nether Gaza, and it is unclear however overmuch interaction helium has with the extracurricular world.
Other Hamas leaders charged see Haniyeh; Marwan Issa, the lawman person of Hamas’ equipped helping successful Gaza who helped program past year's attack; Khaled Mashaal, different Haniyeh lawman and a erstwhile person of the group; Mohammed al-Masri and Ali Baraka.
