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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/03/sinwar-hamas-terror-justice-department/
U.S. Charges Hamas Leaders with Conspiring to Kill Americans on Oct. 7
(Washington Post) Devlin Barrett - U.S. officials unsealed criminal complaints against Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar and other senior Hamas leaders on Tuesday, accusing them of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization, conspiring to murder Americans and conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction. The charging document - filed in February in federal court in New York - cites the group's large-scale attack in Israel on Oct. 7, which killed 1,200 people, including more than 40 Americans, and resulted in the taking of 250 hostages. The document describes a terrorist conspiracy by the group's leaders dating back to 1997 "to kill nationals of the United States." U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland stressed that Hamas is responsible for the Oct. 7 deaths. "During the attack, Hamas terrorists murdered civilians who tried to flee, and those who sought refuge in bomb shelters. They murdered entire families. They murdered the elderly, and they murdered young children. They weaponized sexual violence against women." U.S. law allows the Justice Department to charge foreign nationals for killing Americans.