The U.S. Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday afternoon against six senior leaders in Hamas, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization based in Gaza, over their role in carrying out the October 7 massacre against U.S. and Israeli citizens last year.
The six Hamas officials who were charged in the indictment include Ismail Haniyeh, chairman of Hamas’ Politburo; Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas; Mohammad Al-Masri, commander in chief of the al-Qassam Brigades; Marwan Issa, deputy commander of the al-Qassam Brigades; Khaled Meshaal, chairman of Hamas’ Politburo from approximately 2004 to 2017 and who is now the head of Hamas’ diaspora office; and Ali Baraka, 57, Hamas’ head of National Relations Abroad since approximately 2019.
Of the six who were charged, three have been killed in recent months in response to the terrorist attack that they carried out. Those killed…
