American families filed the victims of October 7, 2023 attacks, which Hamas against Israel filed a lawsuit on Monday (7) against a Palestinian American businessman, Bashar Massi.
Relatives of the victims accuse him of providing assistance in building the infrastructure that helped Hamas militants Attack performance.
The lawsuit, which was submitted to the US provincial court to Washington, DC, is the first case of an American citizen accused of providing great support for the attacks that sparked a wider conflict in the Middle East and shake the region.
Massi’s office classified the lawsuit as “unfounded.”
According to a statement announced, the property made by MASI, its development and control, including two luxury hotels and the Gaza Industrial Garden “Hid Tunnels Hund Hund Hund Hund Hund Hund Land Lappened from within the real estate, which Hamas used in terrorist operations before and after October 7.
“The defendants made it easier to build and hide these tunnels and even the installations built of solar panels above the Earth, which was then to provide electricity to Hamas,” he said.
October 7 attacks have killed about 1,200 Israelis, including more than 40 Americans, and have caused Israeli revenge against Gaza, which has since since then They killed more than 50 thousand Palestinians.
The measure, targeting MASI and companies, was presented in the name of nearly 200 American authors, including survivors and relatives of the victims.
“Our goal is to expose those who helped in Hamas and try to blame individuals and companies who have a legitimate and moderate picture of the Western world, but they helped in activity and awareness,” Li Wolloski of the law firm Wilki Var & Galalger, the main lawyer who represents the authors in the statement.
The document states that GIE was originally created with the help of general financing of American taxpayers through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to enhance economic growth in the region.
It states that “as a result of fraud from the defendants,” the Hamas tunnel network is designed with the help of infrastructure and energy projects funded by international institutions, including the International World Bank (IFC).
Massi’s office considered the allegations against him and his companies false and stated that he would seek to reject accusations in court. The office also says that it has participated in humanitarian and development work in recent decades and “opposes violence of any uncomfortable kind.”
He said in a statement, “He nor these entities participated in illegal activities or support violence and militancy,” he said in a statement.
The implementation of large projects in Gaza before the war requires implicit approval and the level of cooperation from the Hamas authorities. The group built its wide network of tunnels in the entire region in practice, including under homes and companies.
An article on March 10 was martyred at Jerusalem Post with unknown diplomatic sources stating that Massi was a consultant near Adam Bouhler, who was sent from US President Donald Trump to release the hostages in Gaza.
According to the article, the businessman had flew in a private plane from Bouhler While he traveled to the area.
The article is described as a “experienced businessman” “shared by a business approach with Trump, making it a natural choice for the government’s economic opinion of the region.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the White House did not immediately respond to requests to comment when asked about the newspaper report.
In an interview with Reuters in October 2020, when he was 59 years old, Masry spoke in favor of the Arab Gulf relations with Israel convicted of Palestinian leaders, claiming that they could be an opportunity to apply new pressure to boycott Jewish settlements on crowded lands.
The businessman said in 2020 that the Palestinians should not lose hope.
“Our enemies want us to lose hope. If we lose hope, they will have exactly what they want, and there will be no Palestine, nor a Palestinian people.”
Bashar Masri
