The charges marks the first effort by the US to formally call out the masterminds of the attack
Hamas’ top leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, are accused of orchestrating the 7 October attack Hamas
That attack triggered the Israeli assault on Gaza, which has so far killed more than 40,800 Palestinians. The criminal complaint describes the massacre as the “most violent, large-scale terrorist attack” in Hamas’ history. The living defendants are Sinwar; Khaled Meshaal, who is based in Doha and heads the group’s diaspora office; and Ali Baraka, a senior Hamas official based in Lebanon.
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