Overview
- A lawsuit was filed on April 7, 2025, in U.S. District Court by nearly 200 American victims and families of those killed in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel.
- The plaintiffs allege that Palestinian-American billionaire Bashar Masri and his companies facilitated Hamas operations by constructing and concealing attack tunnels and providing electricity to militant infrastructure.
- The lawsuit claims that Masri diverted U.S. taxpayer funds and international aid, including USAID and World Bank financing, to support Hamas’s terror networks in Gaza.
- Masri is also accused of hosting Hamas leaders and operations at properties he owns, including two luxury hotels and the Gaza Industrial Estate, which allegedly concealed tunnel entrances.
- Masri denies all allegations, calling the claims baseless and asserting that neither he nor his companies have engaged in unlawful or violent activities.