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DOJ charges senior Hamas leaders over involvement in Americans’ deaths during Oct. 7 attack on Israel

By Pierre Thomas and Alexander Mallin, ABC News Sep 3, 2024 | 3:59 PM
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(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department unsealed charges Tuesday targeting multiple senior members of Hamas’ leadership for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murdering of Americans during the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

The criminal complaint, unsealed in the Southern District of New York, names six members of Hamas’ leadership structure and details extensively their terrorist activities on behalf of the group.

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