October 7 Victims, in a Blockbuster Suit, Take on Iran, Syria, and a Cryptocurrency Exchange

An attorney spearheading the case to hold terrorists accountable tells the Sun that he is ready to ‘fight in a New York courtroom.’

AP/Petros Giannakouris
A coffin draped with the Israeli flag during the funeral of two victims of Hamas terrorists, Dana Bachar and her son, Carmel, at Gan Shlomo cemetery, central Israel, October 24, 2023. AP/Petros Giannakouris

The filing of a civil lawsuit in federal court in New York opens a new front — tort law — in the effort to hold Hamas, its patrons, and its financial front accountable for the atrocities of October 7.

The suit seeks compensation not only from the regimes at Tehran and Damascus, but also from the crypto currency exchange Binance, which  it accuses of providing a financial platform for terrorism..  

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