The complaint against the businessman, Bashar Masri, does not say that he knew about the Oct. 7 attack in advance but does assert that he was aware of the Hamas military infrastructure at his properties.
The lawsuit against Bashar Masri was filed on behalf of more than 200 plaintiffs, including a former business partner of his whose youngest daughter was killed in the Hamas attack on the Nova music festival.
Members of the Palestine Red Crescent and other emergency services last Monday carrying the bodies of rescue workers killed a week earlier by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Israeli military had previously asserted that the workers had been “advancing suspiciously” toward its troops. A video obtained by The New York Times on Friday appeared to contradict that account.
Demanding an end to the war, hundreds pressed the militants to relinquish control of the enclave, a rare demonstration against a group that has suppressed dissent with violence.
With Netanyahu concerned with his own career and the U.S. adding fuel to the fire, we should brace for continued bloodshed that serves no strategic purpose.